Analysis of Bedridden



How long have I been bedridden?
Sinking in deep sheets of linen?
Months or hours, mould up my thigh,
Don’t want to leave, don’t want to try.
Forgiving white noise, the static from the screen,
Barely lucid, it mops my brain clean.
Needles on my rug, some used, some not,
Pricking my veins, inject that black tar rot.
Exert that trepidation, thoughts feel slender,
My eyes heavy, to drowsiness I surrender.
There’s no strife in the pillows embrace,
My head slumps, I lose myself to that blissful place.
Floating in dreams, this feeling forbidden,
How long will I be bedridden?


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 10011110 11101111 11111111 01011010101 101011111 101111111 111011111 0110101110 111011001010 111001001 11111111101 1001110100 1111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 582
Words 113
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 447
Words per stanza (avg) 100
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Submitted by OneMagpie on April 03, 2024

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