Analysis of Tonight



Another sleepless night
Filled with anxious dread
Hyper-vigilant, mind is reeling
You can't take back
All you've said.

I wish on shooting stars
And I pray to God above
To take away the panic and fear
Created by a man I loved.

Turning on the television
Or listening to the radio
Takes away the ability to hear
What's happening below.

So I sit here in the silence
My thoughts my only friend
When it's 3 o'clock in the morning
And everyone's in bed.

They tell me that my fear will pass
But it will never go away
I'll look over my shoulder and jump at noises
Overreacting until my dying day.

That's what steals my sleep tonight
It's the same as all the others
Wondering if tonight is the night
I'll come face to face with the monster.


Scheme ABCXB XXXX XDXD XXCB XEXE AXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 010101 11101 101001110 1111 111 111101 0111101 110101001 01010111 1010100 11001010 1010010011 110001 11110010 111101 11010010 01001 11111111 11110101 111011001110 1000011101 1111101 10111010 100101101 111111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 735
Words 148
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Written after leaving an abusive husband and the thoughts that come with it...

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Written on 2019

Submitted by Capt.Swan on April 09, 2023

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Amber Doop-Brody

Single mother of 4, widow, abuse survivor. Sharing to provide inspiration and hope for those who go through hard times. more…

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