Analysis of Have You Ever?
Have you ever felt alone,
Like no one cares?
Have you ever felt like
No one is ever there?
Every time you turn around...
Something else has gone wrong?
You always find yourself
Humming another mournful song...
Have you ever felt like
You always want to cry?
Just to ease the pain,
Have you wanted to die?
Have you ever felt like
Just ripping out your hair?
Have you ever felt the heat,
From someone's cold hard stare?
Have you ever felt like
Your world is falling apart?
Have you ever felt as if
Everyone has stabbed you in the heart?
Have you ever just wanted to scream,
At people, to go away?
Have you ever wondered why
It is that you stay?
Have you ever felt like you were going insane,
Just because you cant get rid of the pain?
Have you ever felt alone and afraid
Of the damage you might do?
...Or are you just scared... of you?
Scheme | abCdefgfChihCdjdCklkmnhniiopp |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1111 111011 111101 10011101 101111 11101 10010101 111011 11111 11101 111011 111011 110111 1110101 11111 111011 1111001 1110111 10111001 111011011 1101101 1110101 11111 111011101001 1011111101 1110101001 1010111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 640 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 161 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was in high school, writing poetry helped me get through some of the most crazy parts of it.
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Written on September 18, 2003
Submitted by aleshiabush1987 on February 03, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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