Analysis of A Young Man
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
A young man, burdened by the weight of past mistakes
Endlessly repeating the same trial, until he stings
Exhausted and worn, a shadow of his former self
Lost in hallucination, his mind lost in a mirage of prosperity
He longs for change, but cannot escape his past
His footsteps haunt him, an unshakable horror
He slips into darkness, seeking help but finding none
A scared kid, restless adult, a teenager on the move
Wandering between the spinning sky and earth below
Distress seeds sprout within, his nerves in turmoil swell
Alluring crystals tempt him with their fatal allure
His chest in pain, a collection of atoms that once unmixed
He falls apart, like ashes of long dead stars
Left with nothing but the ever-classy sadness that disfigures
The whining urge to rid himself of the remnants of his past
Turning, running, burning, leaving it all behind in the end.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101011101 10001001100111 010010111101 100010111000110100 11111100111 11111010010 1101101011101 0111001010101 1000101010101 01110111011 0101011111001 110100101101101 11011101111 11101010101011 010111011010111 101010101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 868 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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