Analysis of The fright
I find myself walking on a narrow road,
As I walk, I beg for a warm abode
I see homes baked in holy light as I walk
But suddenly I was afright....
When I realised something was not right....
For happy smiles and faces did I see.
But what was truly staring back at me
Dark lines filled with fear.
Did themselves, their presence leer.
For once my eyes were opened thus,
Did I see who was controlling us.
Dark figures cloaked in pain.
Who hope for the world to obtain.
Yet how silly of me not to see.
The figure who's dark puppet strings.....
were controlling me.
Scheme | AA XA X BB CC DD EE BXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1111110101 11110101111 1100111 11110111 1101010111 1111010111 11111 1011101 11110101 111110101 110101 11101101 111011111 01011101 00101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
To me personally, this poem is about mental health. We all have dark puppets controlling us behind our smiles. Some of them are better puppeteers than others. But at the end of the day we all hide the strings behind the 'holy' light. I wish we could cut the strings and just live, but alas here I am just writing a poem.
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Written on August 12, 2022
Submitted by micaelmaloney.mm on August 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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