Analysis of Inner Conflict
Holly Flame Maxey 1976 (baltimore)
I do not like you right now
I love you.....I need you
I just do not like you
you make my soul, my heart, my mind
work so hard
For my own emancipation
I literally feel like
I am being driven by my passions
That will put me on my pathway to success
But I will arrive there alone
Alone, Alone
Forever and always alone
I suffer, I cry this endless, enduring pain
But you do not care
You can not see the pain i will feel
When you eventually leave...and I know this because
eventually everyone does
I will end up drowning
In my unanswered pool of desires
It is inevitable that I will end up alone
Only with my thoughts, my unanswered burning desires
My illusive rainbow of dreams
Alone with my demons that tell me that I am
Unlovable, untouchable
So, while you are still here
Speak to me just one word of encouragement
That i can hang onto
That will be my one thread of hope
To carry me onto the day of my death
Where I will undeniably end up alone
Scheme | XAAXXX XXXB BBXXX XXXC BCXXX XXAXXB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111111 11111 111111 11111111 111 1110010 1100011 1110101110 1111111101 11101101 0101 0100101 110111100101 11111 111101111 1101000111101 01000101 111110 011011010 11010001111101 1011111010010 1010111 011110111111 10100 111111 11111110100 111110 11111111 11011001111 11101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 924 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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