Analysis of My mind
My mind
Is a prison
Overpopulated with remorse
Incarcerated by
Images of sin
My mind
Refuses rehabilitation
It cowers
In a
Concrete corner
Face in hands
Protesting parole
My mind
Punishes me
With guilt
Torturing thoughts
A reoccuring rape
Of recidivism
My mind
is unforgiving
It confiscates hope
It segregates
my dreams
In isolated darkness
With vibrant colors
of pain
Allowing occasional
One hour visits
Of promise
My mind
Is a
Complicated collage
Of
Convicting confessions
Callously castrating
My
Continuing appeals
For clemency
My mind
Mocks mercy
It Mimics moments
Of misery
In a
Mental mirror
Molesting my
Mild memories
In a
Riot of regrets
My mind
Wants no truce
It
Glady guards
My goals
Behind
Gilded gates
Of grief
My mind
Has given me
A life sentence
Of worry
My mind is a prison that I cannot escape
Every night
I am
Summoned from
My dim-lit cell
And violenlty
Beaten
Into submission
Here
I repent
I pray
for a pardon
And although
The almighty
Has given
Me a reprieve
My mind
Assures me
That death
Is my
Only relief
Written by Willie Wright
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 1010 01000101 01001 10011 11 0100010 11 00 0110 101 01001 11 1001 11 1001 011 10100 11 10010 111 11 11 010010 11010 11 0100100 11010 110 11 10 10001 1 010010 10010 1 010001 1100 11 110 11010 1100 00 1010 0101 1100 00 10101 11 111 1 11 11 01 101 11 11 1101 0110 110 111010111001 1001 11 101 1111 01 10 01010 1 101 11 1010 01 0010 110 1001 11 011 11 11 1001 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 976 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6, 11, 9, 10, 8, 25, 1 |
Lines Amount | 82 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 2 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on March 14, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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