Analysis of Inner Peace

Robert Catron 1963 (Kansas)



I wish I could find some inner peace today,
A place for comfort where the pain goes away.
My mind just races both day and at night,
I've tried to relax but I'm losing this fight.
My life is out of control more everyday,
I pray to God - what more should I say.
I've let Him down so much in the past,
I feel He's turned me away - how shall I last?
If I can't rest soon my life I can't save,
To this pain in my life I've become a slave.
My wife was unfaithful - that hurt me deep,
How with her will I ever be able again to sleep?
She doesn't know that I know...the secret haunts me,
She ripped my heart out...why can't she see.


Scheme AABBAACCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110101 01110101101 1111011011 11101111011 11111011101 111111111 111111001 11111011111 1111111111 11101110101 1110101111 11011101100111 11011111011 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 624
Words 146
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 462
Words per stanza (avg) 131

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A page from my life.

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Written on January 16, 1963

Submitted by rcatron1963 on December 16, 2023

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