Analysis of Scarlet Letter Insanity
I feel I shall go mad
With the flat-lining signals
Of my energetic brain,
That screech in my ears
And the plead for consolation.
But no being on this wide earth
May hear them but me.
I crave the clatter of smashing plates and
Banging pots and pans
In a chorus of unchained ecstasy
And harrowing flashes
Of a life I am not living.
Hellfire resides in my organized mind
Burning at the prim composure
Of lipstick smiles and ironed clothes
Nothing that should be flammable
Ever seems to be.
Why not climb out the window
Where I may stand admiring the horizon
And climb upon rickety old roofs
Ripping off garments of confinement
And scream?
They say I have the mark of insanity
Upon my demented genes
A scarlet letter upon my breast.
I myself cannot fathom
How one can look out a window all day
And not feel the need to scream.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1011010 110101 11011 0011010 11101111 11111 1101011010 10101 001011100 010010 10111110 10101101 10101010 1110101 10111100 10111 1111010 11110100010 010110011 101101010 01 11110110100 0110101 010100111 111010 1111101011 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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