Analysis of Awaken Sleeping Fears



Beer comes in bottle or can,
ready to numb any pain.
And drank by woman or man,
it rushes straight to their brain.

Alcohol rules its domain,
mimicking feelings of love.
To escape you need abstain,
dust it off and rise above.

Anguish distilled from tears,
it's an elixir of vice.
For it'll awaken sleeping fears,
and demand you pay the price.

As Death feeds off toxic drink,
depression inks your world black.
For taking you to the brink,
alcoholism cuts no slack.


Scheme ABAB BCBC XDXD EFEF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101011 1011101 0111011 1101111 101101 1001011 1011101 1110101 100111 1101011 110010101 0011101 1111101 0101111 1101101 100111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 447
Words 83
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on October 10, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emile Pinet

I was born in a small town, (Bathurst) New Brunswick, Canada,. The third eldest of thirteen children, ten girls and three boys. I’m the product of a semi-dysfunctional family, brought up by a controlling, physically abusive father, verses a loving mother. Many of my poems reflect the uniqueness and special circumstances of my upbringing. more…

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