Analysis of trapped
Stasia Sitterly 2003
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 |
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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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