Analysis of Alzheimer's
This is no way to live my life my dear,
for I am so muddled and full of fear.
Who is this person that's living with me?
I cannot remember who I should be!
My memories keep fading in and out
and I don't know what you're talking about.
Is my mum still alive? Cos I don't know
and I'm confused by the places that we go.
The days are so long and I feel so sad
and I did not know life could be this bad.
The day and night seems to merge into one
and I forget the things that I have just done.
But there are things to which I can relate
and "Singing for the Brain" makes me feel great.
People smiling as I cuddle my toy
these are some of things that I still enjoy.
Reflections on the way that Alzheimer’s had affected some of my friends and family.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 1111100111 1111011011 1100101111 1100110001 0111111001 1111011111 01011010111 0111101111 0111111111 0101111011 01010111111 1111111101 0101011111 1010111011 1111111101 01010111101011110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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