Analysis of Fear.
The fear within me is terrifying.
I can feel my heart pounding out of my chest.
I can feel the heat burning in my stomach.
I don't even want to go back to sleep.
How can a nightmare cause such a reaction?
How can it feel so utterly real?
Why do I give it power over me?
People say we can change how we dream.
Oh how I wish that I knew how.
It awakens me, yet the fear paralyzes me.
Allowing me to be tortured.
Until I can wake up and run.
Let me think of happier things.
Maybe I can sleep in a few hours.
Our demons always lurking in the dark.
Waiting for our dreams, so they can hitch a ride.
To try to kill us with their never ending nightmares.
Trying to steal our breath as we fight for a peaceful sleep.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111100 11111101111 11101100110 1110111111 1101110010 111111001 1111110101 101111111 11111111 101011011001 01011110 01111101 11111001 1011100110 1010110001 101101111101 111111110101 101110111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 542 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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