Analysis of Numb



I'm a photograph detaching from everything inside of me
Feeling of hollowness as the picture fade slowly
Dryness in mouth
Stories told by strangers
Lying dormant in dark
My image grow dim and suddenly disappear
I died a thousand times
Just to live a thousand times
Knowing I will die again and live again
Distorted voices fade as they speak
My responsiveness drowns in the abyss
I 've carried the emptiness for a lifetime
Going nowhere


Scheme AABCDEFFGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 101011100111 10111010110 1001 101110 101001 11011010001 110101 1110101 10111010101 010101111 1010010001 11100100101 101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 435
Words 76
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 358
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Written on May 29, 2023

Submitted by ELW on May 29, 2023

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