Analysis of Gone Insane

Shena Ellis 1984 (california)



I am holding back the questions
I refuse to recognize
but instead of every wish come true-
it's heartache in disguise.
Though all intentions
until now
were backing my surprise-
responsibility I take
on full account
that this was my demise.

The blame shall rest on weighted shoulders
that I carry around.
Maybe I’ll find the answers
if I check the lost and found.
My head once held up days ago
now forced to face the ground
and that guided path
that led me straight
now turns me round and round.

I must look like a novice
to the man who plays the game
and when you wake up all alone-
just know I've only gone insane.


Scheme ABXBAXBXXB CDCDXDXXD XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 101110 1011100111 11001 11010 011 010101 0010011 1101 111101 011111010 111001 1011010 1110101 11111101 111101 01101 1111 111101 1111010 1011101 01111101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 630
Words 135
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 10, 9, 4
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 162
Words per stanza (avg) 39

About this poem

written in my early 20’s with J5

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Submitted by shena.marie11 on October 22, 2023

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