Analysis of Hemorrhage



I am bleeding out, and it hurts so bad
To think of things that I once had.
But I know now that what I see
Is a memory of me being me.

I work toward solutions fast
To see if I can feel.
But only to have a haunting past,
And things that aren’t quite real.

I move forward through all this time
And hear my words that run and rhyme.
As I reflect and look in the mirror,
To only see my past is clearer.

It hurts so much knowing I could have changed,
Or had my good life to live.
I now know that a hemorrhage only bleeds,
If you have something left to give.


Scheme AABB CDCD EEFF XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 1110101111 11111111 11111111 1010011101 11010101 111111 110110101 0111011 11101111 01111101 1101010010 110111110 1111101111 1111111 11110100101 11110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 556
Words 131
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

This poem is about learning to let go, the hard way.

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Written on December 21, 2023

Submitted by Metalus on December 21, 2023

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