Analysis of Life

Angela Crabtree 1982 (maine)


                          Life. What is life when you can't be happy?
Scared, lonely, tired
All this to just try and stay alive
Life, love, happiness
Things you are supposed to feel
Beauty, confidence, self-control
All things a part of life
Death, fear, loneliness
All things you should be afraid of
Life.... All things breathing
What causes you to stay alive so long, when all you feel is pain?
Giving yourself an image that is not your own
That is not living
Living should mean mistakes, friends, health and happiness
But when one's life is so far shot, what do you do?
Should you leave them to die, or try to help by keeping them miserable?
Miserable because they are alive and want to die, because there life is nothing but pain and sorrow
Life... So many meanings that no one can pick just one
Trying to live a life of someone you are not
Pretending to be happy when you know deep down that is not the way you feel
So tell me, what is life to you when you cannot be happy?

©By: Angela M. (Holmes) Crabtree
December 18, 2002

Scheme AXXBCXXBXDXXDBXXXXXCA AX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111110 11010 111110101 11100 1110111 10100101 110111 11100 11111011 11110 1101110111111111 100111011111 11110 101101110100 111111111111 111111111111011000 10000111010111011111011010 1110101111111 10110111111 0101110111111110111 111111111110110 1100111 010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,007
Words 189
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 21, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 389
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Angela Crabtree

Angela Crabtree is a woman in long-term recovery who started writing in 1996 as a form of emotional release. She uses her life experiences as inspiration for pieces. Angela believes in her ability to draw you into the emotion behind the poem. Angela believes in giving back to her community by advocating for those who need it. She is a member of the MaineMOM Advisory Council. She has done Training with Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Behavioral Health OPTIONS (Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach, Naloxone, and Safety) program. Angela is a mom, aunt, sister, daughter, student, and more. She believes in helping professionals understand the disease of addiction and how it works. She has faced stigma and unfair treatment in active use and recovery. Her passions are photography, writing, spending time with her family, and art. She continues to display integrity despite the stigma she faces. more…

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