Analysis of Fear 1
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
So, Powerful... Firmly gripping
Dropping chain-reaction tears
Emotion packed explosions...
Shattering your will
Exposed to a side of you that caves
makes you want to scream in terror,
Grab someone you love and bolt
Makes your collective intelligence shut down...
Brings all your aspirations… of succeeding
Tumbling down, makes you lose your breath...
Frozen in a state of paralysis
Feel so close to death it makes you cringe.
So scared, you’ll feel the need to be strapped
…and call for backup,
Get a near enemy to get your back
Even if you're strong you’ll break down in tears
Brings thoughts Be they icy cold or fiery hot
Homing into the sense of who you are…
From ground zero to your place among the stars
When you recover, you will be another person
Wiser, armed with new visions
Which will serve you and build your world
Stronger over the years
Now that you …have conquered
Scheme | A B C X X X X X A X X X XX X B X X X X C X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001010 1010101 0101010 10011 011011111 11111010 111101 11010010011 1110101010 100111111 1000110100 111111111 111101111 0111 1011001111 1011111101 111110111001 1001011111 11101110101 1101011101010 1011110 11110111 101001 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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