Analysis of Wash It Away
The leaves crunch beneath my twelve year old feet.
The tree's seem so peacful through my eyes today.
The wind seems to kindly whisper all the secrets of my faults.
It doesn't matter how quiet the outside world is, I know there is a strorm brewing at home.
I walk for miles, but not quite far enough.
The power of mama's boyfriend's fist seems to always excede mine.
Maybe one day it won't.
Maybe one day I'll be stronger.
I can only hope.
Today is September 29th.
The air embraces me, feeling like December instead.
Mama told me to wrap myself up, But I don't see how I am suppose to do that beneath this tattern cloak. I believe if I put myself in the right state of mind, I might feel alright.
Even if it's just for a mince of a second.
I love my mama very much.
I would do anything for her.
But that devil she is with.
I have never met someone so angry.
His anger seems to be rubbing off onto me.
Not much anyone really understands about that.
But I'm not making excuses for myself,
Only stating the truth.
I wish I could wash it off.
Wash away my anger like a dirty disease.
Wash it away like mama washes the West Virginia dirt from my knees.
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Metre | 0110111111 0111111101 011110101010111 11010110011111111011011 1111111101 0101101111111 101111 10111110 11101 01101011 01010110101001 101111111111111011110111110111110011111111 101111011010 11110101 1111010 1110111 111011110 110111101101 11101001011 1111001011 101001 1111111 101110101001 110111010010101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,123 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 11 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on September 15, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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