Analysis of Fear to Introspect (Haiku)



I'm your own shadow
Here, standing incognito
You truly fear me

Worse than looking glass
When you go to confront me
You can't see this you

Just find your poor self
This ain't f*ck*ng groundhog's day
No one is waiting

(Written on September 5, 2012)

© Ricky Randall
September 5, 2012


Scheme AAB XBX XXX C XC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1100010 11011 11101 1111011 11111 11111 1111111 11110 101010 1010 010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 270
Words 51
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 1, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on September 22, 2012

Modified on April 10, 2023

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