Analysis of Drowning
Micah 2004 (Tarlac City)
Many places I've been
a bed of pillows
the warmth of a hug
a feast of happiness
my body is present
and I am absent
I'm alive here
a jar of thoughts
closed by a wall full of darts
trying to pierce through my heart
breaking in and tearing me apart
I heard you; your voice is screaming, trying to make me calm in a crib of thorns
making me feel I belong and everything's normal
The reality you instilled
you are lying with so much conviction
I want to scream
I don't want to live
but I don't want to leave
I feel so empty, longing to disappear
here I am again, lying on my bed
On a familiar Friday eve
| Scheme | XXXXAA XXXBBXX XXXXCXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 01110 01101 011100 110110 01110 1011 0111 1101111 1011111 100010101 1111111010111100111 101110101010 010101 1110111010 1111 11111 111111 1111010101 1110110111 10010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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