Analysis of Circling the drain
Circling the drain
I’ve been here before on this floor
Scratching the surface of rock bottom
Clawing for a way out
Out of this dark hole
This void
This empty space
I’ve been here before many times before
Ive crawled out of this blackness
Ive filled this emptiness
I discovered the way out
Just looking for another way out
Detach from first person
Engage in third
The only way I can deal with this unbearable human condition
Tucking myself to sleep in the blanket of my pain
My darkness cradles me
My shadow rocking me to sleep
Fading away into my suffering
Hiding in my hurt
Feeling all the way through my fire
Burning alive
I’m not dead yet
Just circling the drain
| Scheme | ABCDEFGBHHDDIJIAKLMNOPQA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10001 11101111 100101110 101011 11111 11 1101 1110110101 1111110 111100 1010011 110101011 011110 0101 010111111010010010 101110010111 110101 1110111 1001011100 10011 101011110 1001 1111 110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 661 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 540 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
About this poem
Human condition
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Written on October 17, 2021
Submitted by Valiantspeaker on October 18, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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