Analysis of Hook

Darla Yocom 1978 (Missouri)



I used to believe my insane life
Imitated what you can typically find
Hidden within a well written book
Full of drama and characters combined

Spilling onto the delicate pages
Were eloquent words describing my dreams
Expressing the thoughts I dare not think
Detailing my every move or means

Vulnerable to those who choose
To read the pages within my life
As I learn to manage and cope
With trials of love and strife

In the end I learned the truth
My life is not a book
But something more pleasing
Than a harmonious lyrical hook


Scheme ABCB XXXX XAXA XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 111011011 1001111001 100101101 1110010001 1010010010 0100101011 010011111 0101100111 10001111 110100111 11111001 1101101 0011101 111101 110110 1001001001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 529
Words 99
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

This was a poem that I created in 2022.

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Written on January 01, 2022

Submitted by ddy2008 on March 25, 2023

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Darla Yocom

I enjoy poetry, no matter if I am reading or writing it. My favorite poets are Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman & Maya Angelou. more…

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