Analysis of SCREAM



I scream.
It is loud and long
It is wretched and strong
It is dark and I am wracked with pain
No one comes running do my aid
Is it possible that no one heard
Or is that no one cares

I scream louder
My lungs burn with the strain
The room vibrates from the sound
I hear no footsteps approach
I hear no bang on the door

I scream again and again
My eyes darting to and fro
Then I see myself in the mirror
Hanging on my bedroom wall
I scream louder still but my mouth never opens
The screams are in my head
The pain is in my heart

My family does not know
My family cannot understand
They will not know
So I will scream inside until I am dead


Scheme XAABXXX CBXXX XDCXXEX DXDE
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11101 111001 111011111 11110111 111001111 111111 1110 111101 0110101 111101 1111101 1101001 1110101 11110010 101111 111011111010 011011 011011 1100111 11001001 1111 11110101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 644
Words 142
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 7, 4
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 126
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

These are dark days

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Written on September 12, 2022

Submitted by nicole_w on September 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nicole Westcarr

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