Analysis of My Ebbing
Despair tugs at my confidence once again
my darkness clawing its way out
I welcome her like an old friend
Doubt somehow escaped
taunting my serenity
smirking at me from within
laughing as I cower
Building around me, my own prison tower
Peace once again an eternity removed
My healed wounds gaping, festering, infecting
I had this.
I know I did.
or so I thought
I forgot, darkness does not rest
instead it wears you down from within.
That place where you bury it never, ever surrenders.
It takes prisoners, it never becomes one.
Weary to the bone, I once again admit defeat
As I kneel hopelessly at darkness’ feet
Scheme | XXX XXAB B XX X X X XA XX C C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111100101 11010111 11001111 1101 1010100 1011101 101110 10011111010 11011010001 11110100010 111 1111 1111 10110111 011111101 11111011010010 11100110011 1010111010101 1111001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
Fighting the urge to contact someone that shattered my being and did so much damage to me. Not yet understanding the effects of a trauma bond on ones mind, body, heart and soul.
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Written on December 18, 2022
Submitted by simonescholtz85 on April 28, 2023
Modified by simonescholtz85 on April 28, 2023
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