Analysis of trapped



The red thread from my wrists
Reminds me I’m still tied to this.
This cage I’m living in
Keeps me the way I’ve been.
I can’t stand the thought of you.

Joyous as a skylark I was,
But I flew too close to the ocean.
Now a shark has swallowed me whole
As you force me to drink this potion.

Getting dizzy as time goes by
I try and try.
It’s hard to do what I want to do
When my wings are clipped so I can’t fly.

Maybe one day I can see the sky once more.
Maybe one day my life won’t be a bore.
But until then I try and try
Even though I might die.


Scheme XXAAB XCXC DDBD EEDD
Poetic Form
Metre 011111 01111111 111100 110111 1110111 1010111 111111010 10111011 111111110 10101111 1101 111111111 111111111 10111110111 1011111101 10111101 101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 559
Words 132
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

Dark and gloomy I guess

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Written on August 10, 2021

Submitted by SSitterly on March 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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