Analysis of Confusion

Brenda P. Wilcox 1965 (St. Louis)



I don't think it will be
anything good for me.
It doesn't matter if I try
I just feel like I could die.
Will my life ever be what I dream?
Do I see a distant gleem?
Maybe it is better than it seems.
I think I'll stay in my dreams.


Scheme AABBCCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 10111 11010111 1111111 111101111 1110101 101110111 1111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 223
Words 51
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted by brenda_w on May 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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