Analysis of Escaping Shame

Jason Bliss 1997 (Illinois)



I'm nothing but disease.
Jaded and shaded black.
Curses lie beneath.
Monsters that attach.
Demons screeching loud,
Mind under attack.
Try to keep them down,
Mine always come back.

Tried to run away.
Still within their grasp.
All i see are fangs,
Emerging from their masks.
Everywhere I go,
They stay along my tracks.
Just as i escape again,
They always come right back.

These demons.
These bloodthirsty heathens.
Spit their venom unto me.
Infected wounds still bleeding.
Just when I had needed
Laying barely breathing
They wake me up once again
To remind the pain I'm feeling

But i won't let them in
No i won't let them win
Nothing but beasts of hate
Embodiments of sins.


Scheme ABXXXBXB XXXXXXCB XAXDXDCD EEXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 100101 10101 10101 10101 11001 11111 1111 11101 10111 11111 010111 1011 110111 1110101 11111 110 1101 1110101 0101110 111110 101010 1111101 10101110 111110 111111 101111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 645
Words 118
Sentences 16
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on February 26, 2021

Modified on March 10, 2023

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Jason Bliss

I'm an aspiring writer from Illinois. I have written over 120 poems and i am working on two books. I've never been published, but i do hope to be someday. I don't need or want money, i just want to share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others who may be looking for something to relate to. If my writing brings about any emotion at all, i will be happy with it. I'm sorry for pushing all this pain onto my readers. more…

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