Analysis of what a shame



What a shame
By: Luke Breen
Take the pain
And let me forget the shame
Tis but a stain
Of a forgotten fame
A feeling you thought you could tame
As the door rang
You feel the flash of a bang
Across your head
Right before bed
Flash of memories rush through your head
Leaving you feeling with such dread
Because you were the one who fled
And the other’s you left ended up dead
You can run, you can hide
But never forget you lied
And never tried
To save the ones you left
As you wander the streets getting busted for theft
I wonder what you have left
I hope you die in jail
I don’t care if you have a bail
I will no longer walk down your trail
And I will not fail


Scheme ABCACAADDEEEEEEFFFGGGHHHH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (24%)
Metre 101 111 101 0110101 1101 100101 01011111 1011 1101101 0111 1011 111001111 10110111 01100111 0010111011 111111 1100111 0101 110111 111001101011 1101111 111101 11111101 111101111 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 642
Words 137
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 25
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 518
Words per stanza (avg) 137

About this poem

It's about someone trying to steer from a path that has previously left and seen as they bailed

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Written on July 20, 2021

Submitted by lbreenr1998 on July 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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