Analysis of Scars



Scars inside hurt worse than those out.
Racing through his mind making him shout.
Constantly fighting the strong desire to end it all.
Taking the cheap way off a cliff with an easy fall.

Lover says she will help him through.
But, he does not know what to do.
For a while the bottle was his friend.
But, when he stopped it all came again.

Peace always eluding his troubled mind.
A way to stop the madness never will he find.
The price of freedom he has duly paid.
A price he will always pay until his dying day.


Scheme AABB CCXX DDXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 10111111 101111011 10010010101111 1001110111101 10111111 11111111 101010111 111111101 110101101 011101010111 0111011101 011111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 499
Words 99
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on May 10, 2015

Modified on March 09, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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