Analysis of Jitters



Some days I get the jitters
And I’ll shake and I’ll shiver
And my heart pitter patters
Up against my chest
Like a tiny tap dancer
And my pupils expand
And my eyes fill with tears
And they soak up the darkness
And all of its fears
And I’ll quiver and twitch
And I’ll get a bad itch
And I’ll scratch at my skin
Till it turns green as a witch
And I’ll take long deep breaths
That will dry out my lips
And I’ll try to calm down
As my stomach does flips
I’ll panic again
Set my hand on my heart
Feel my pulse pounding
As the cycle restarts
Over
and over
again


Scheme ABACBDEFGHHIHJKLKMNOABBM
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 0110110 01111 10111 1010110 011001 011111 0111010 01111 011001 011011 011111 1111101 011111 111111 011111 111011 11001 111111 11110 10101 10 010 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 572
Words 117
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 432
Words per stanza (avg) 115

About this poem

This is a poem about how I feel before having a panic attack, which affects my life in many ways.

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Written on April 27, 2022

Submitted on August 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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