Analysis of Losing It

Onyx Perth 1983 (NM)



I can't find it
I lost it
The keys don't FIT
Things don't mean S$!T...

I lost it!
Sparks gone, couldn't keep it lit...
Just needed an outlet,
Instead, became a target...

Can't get it!
Not in the right bracket.
Anytime I'm one way, they're the opposite.
While I make the case, turn it into a basket...

Not sure if I should submit,
or turn into a bandit...
Oh, the sky is the limit?
Must be why keeping me down is your favorite...

Even when I was the one with the credit,
Well, at least enough to fake it...
Wait, not fake, just run it debit,
Nothing was ever low budget...

Then it blew up like a rocket,
Trade one for another bad habit
Maybe I should just forfeit
Cause I'll never be in another's pocket...

All of it
I can't find it
I think I'm losing it
I lost it

Don't think this is legit?
Darkness fills where there used to be a spirit.
Bit by bit,
they made sure to keep me grounded.

I think I'm losing it...
I think I lost it.


Scheme AAax Aaxb aabb abba baaa bbab aAAA abax Aa
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 111 0111 11111 111 1110111 11011 0101010 111 100110 1011110100 111011101010 1111101 1101010 1011010 111101111100 10111011010 11101111 11111110 10110110 11111010 111010110 1011110 11101001010 111 1111 111101 111 111110 10111111010 111 11111110 111101 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 938
Words 218
Sentences 20
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

It's about anything you want it to be about, if you've ever lost something, lost everything, or feel like you are losing your mind.

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Written on January 24, 2022

Submitted by author.onyx.perth on March 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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