Numb
NUMB
Numb ….
Has my feeling betrayed me?
Left me play with my fingers,
bite my lip, my lower lip.
A dog dashed sniffing.
Its tail curled between his legs.
The stillness over the hill
lulling my brain to slumber.
As I lay helpless, like a puppy,
Asleep on a cool marble floor.
Feel nothing now.
Oh, prick me with anything sharp,
Let me feel something.
Don’t leave me suffocating
In this dreadful dullness …
Numb!
London, 2 July 1969
About this poem
First published in Poetry Forum, UK Revised.
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Written on July 02, 1969
Submitted by Ratri on September 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abxx cx xxbx xxccxA x |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 6, 1 |
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