Analysis of Perplexed

Dhanendra Dixit 2004 (Rajasthan)



In a time so slow,
I was barely breathing
A quite and scary place,
I can barely see things
A mortal coil in the blues,
But you called my name and
Made me feel like I wasn't alone

Oh man,
You should go away
You're always in my way
I made you feel okay
But when did I ever say
It was forever?

Girl, I...
I just had a phase so low,
I was barely living
Thought my life just found a way
But without you, I see nothing
You fixed me in my worsts,
And in the bests you're leaving?!

Okay I'll go away
I'll never cross your way
You made me feel okay
And I thought it would be forever
But nothing's forever right?
No wait,
This mortal coil in the blues is forever
It.. is.. forev...


Scheme ABCXXXX XDDDDE XABDBCB DDDEXXEX
Poetic Form
Metre 00111 111010 010101 111011 0101001 111110 111111001 11 11101 11011 11111 1111101 11010 11 1110111 111010 1111101 10111110 111011 0001110 11101 110111 11111 011111010 1100101 11 11010011010 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 676
Words 153
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 7, 8
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

This poem is about a guy who thought that the girl who helped him get out of his depressed phase would stay with him forever. Although he was wrong as she says him to go away.

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Written on March 11, 2023

Submitted by dixitdhanendra324 on March 14, 2023

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