Analysis of Empty Empathy



Seems I can't measure up to anyone's expectations.
Sit quietly in my own personal pseudo-mortification.
A different size on the gauge, always on the wrong page.
A cerebral struggle to not rebel in rage. Feel isolated, in
a desolate disposition. I denounce all words of
defamation, and seek Him for praise and commendation.
While throughout all, just because I remain tranquil,
my future's thoughts DO NOT remain on idle.
Simply want to coexist freely and ecstatically.
Keep in mind that Only God Can Judge Me!Name
All confuse my ambiguous thoughts as problematic.
May sometimes behave bizarre and erratic.
It's libelous and diabolic, not semantics.
A constant ambush of interrogation,
a daily struggle trying to avoid a self-annihilation.
A soul on ice with apprehension for a lack of preservation.
Back to the rivers of belief I escape, for I need my space,
in my domain, sometimes feel out of place,
These rampant feelings will soon be gone without a trace,
for success is a marathon, not a race!


Scheme ABCBDBEEFGHHIBBBJJJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 111101110010 1100011100101 0100110111011 01001011100111000 0100010101111 010011110010 101110110110 11011101110 1011011000100 1011101111 1011010011010 10101010010 1100011010 010110010 0101010101010010 011110101011010 1101010110111111 0101011111 1101011110101 1011010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 979
Words 168
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 798
Words per stanza (avg) 167
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Submitted on August 07, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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