Analysis of Suffocating
Suffocating is not the verb
Neither is drowning or being unheard
I don’t have the words to describe the feeling
Of surviving life and feeling cheated
In the end, what is mental health?
If everything you say gets met with doubt
The problems you share get met with melancholy
Because you’re a good mask wearer...... apparently
You never are able to show the truth
They say you take everything as misconstrued
I think to myself, maybe that’s why
Maybe what I think I’m feeling
Is actually a lie
What if I can’t read myself
What if my feelings are full of doubt
How do I know if my feelings are real
When my whole life I’ve been told
“It’s not a big deal”
“Suck it up” they used to say
“Lots of people live this way”
“You’re so blessed with a roof over your head”
“You even have a room with your own bed”
A bed and a room does not make a home
It doesn’t mean you’re safe from those who are “grown”.
Not when they drink as the sun goes down
Scheme | ABCDEFGGHIJCJKFLMLNNOOPQR |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1001101 1011011001 11101101010 1010101010 00111101 110111111 01011111100 011011100100 1101101101 111110101 11111011 10111110 110001 111111 111101111 1111111011 1111111 11011 1111111 1110111 1111011011 1101011111 0100111101 1111111111 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 984 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 721 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 183 |
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