Analysis of Without A Friend
Ashamed of a life of hurt,
you struggle to find self-worth.
For memories of abuse,
have fueled depression since birth.
Reflection reveals your fate,
a bleak future fraught with fear.
And the heavy weight of guilt,
crushes with a single tear.
Traumatized by years of pain,
you envy the peace of death.
And anxious to leave this life,
anticipate your last breath.
Seeking release with a knife,
you pray this will be the end.
For forever's frightening,
when you die without a friend.
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBCB CDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 0110111 1101111 1100101 11001011 0100111 0110111 0010111 1010101 101111 1100111 0101111 010111 1001101 1111101 11100 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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