Analysis of Wounded
Can you be wounded but not really hurt
When it’s your pride that stings
Or your sense of worth.
When you can no longer sleep on your back
And everyone acts like you had a heart attack
It makes you wonder what it’s like
For people when disabilities strike
Is it the wound that gives pain
Or when things will never be the same again
Is it that pitiful look in peoples eye
That makes one wish to die
I can never walk in their shoes
But this moment I can use
To realise no one wants pity
But if you must, show some dignity
Scheme | ABCDDEEFGHHIJKK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1111011101 111111 11111 1111101111 01011110101 11110111 1101001001 1101111 11111010101 11110010101 111111 11101011 1110111 1111110 111111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
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