Analysis of The Demons Speak
Amy Feinman 1986 (Santa Cruz)
I stare in my hand and the pills sitting there
I lift my head to the mirror and see a blank stare
It's as if my eyes see straight to my soul
Death isn't the answer. It's not the end goal
These shackles and chains are ever so heavy
My soul cries out in agony as the waves crash the levy
The thunder rolls in and the demons speak
The tension is building as I'm hunched over the sink
What is the point? The end of the story?
My strength has diminished and the room is so blurry
Death is knocking and the demons speak out
But my will to live casts shadows of doubt
What if there's more to this life left to live?
Is there a purpose for all that I give?
My heart is so heavy, but with tingles of hope
I scream in death's face, a big fat NOPE
I will not give up this treacherous fight
I refuse to lay down and accept my plight
The storm is still raging, but in me there's light
Watching and waiting through the passing of night
The morning will come and this too shall pass
I live to fight on. There is hope at last
For my life there is reason and hope to press on
These are the words of my beautiful song
Scheme | AA BB CC XX CC DD XX EE FF FF XX XX |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 11011001101 1111101001011 1111111111 11001011011 11001110110 111101001011010 0101000101 0101101111001 1101011010 1110100011110 1110001011 111111111 1111111111 1101011111 11111011111 110110111 1111111001 10111100111 01111010111 10010101011 0101101111 1111111111 111111001111 1101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,110 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This is a story about how I found reason to live when I was ready to give up the fight. The will to live carried me through the pain.
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