Analysis of Grief
Darrell Shook 1978 (North Carolina)
The time I saw the world stop
was when I wanted to give up.
Everyone was bothering me
I was like a volcano ready to erupt.
All I wanted was time alone
So I could deal with this pain.
No one understood what I meant
They was trying to help, but I was going insane.
I was doing the best I could
It wasn't ever good enough.
Every time I turned around
People asked me why I looked so rough.
I went to my favorite place to be alone
I looked up and seen a peaceful white dove.
Then realizing it's hard to move on
Especially when you lose someone you love.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011 11110111 1011001 111001010101 11101101 1111111 1101111 1110111111001 11100111 11010101 10011101 101111111 111110011101 1110101011 110011111 010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 548 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 426 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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