Analysis of Anxiety

Keyshia Bowers 1985 (Harrisburg, PA)



Days are long
Nights never end
The mind wanders
Thinking extends

Endless thoughts
Actions begin
Fulfilling the brain
With its medicines

Before going limp
I breathe again
The bad feelings become minuscule
The good sensation defends


Scheme XXXA XXXX XXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 1101 0110 1001 101 1001 01001 11100 01101 1101 01100110 0101001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 234
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 12

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Explanation of the anxiety I’ve experienced for the past 10 years

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Written on August 10, 2021

Submitted by BeautifulOne on August 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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