Analysis of I
Joseph Grassa 1956 (Brooklyn NY)
I don't know where I've been;
I don't know who I've seen;
I can't tell you who I've talked to;
I can't tell you if it was a dream;
I don't know how I got there;
I don't know if I really care;
I can't tell you if I'm healthy;
I can't tell you why I'm so filthy;
I'll say I think I need help;
I'll say I'm the worst I ever felt;
I don't know when it started;
I don't know if I'm departed;
I do know things are not right;
I do know I have to give up the fight;
I can see my light is dimming;
I can see my life is crashing;
I do know I have to find a reason;
I do know I don't want to be people pleasing;
I can see I have to find a place to go that much I will say;
I can see I have to go to this place they call AA;
I know for it to work I have to stay and stay and stay;
I know I can't keep going on the way I like to play;
I've tried doing it my way and I keep losing the fight;
I will go I will listen and see if I can get it right;
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 111111 11111111 111111101 1111111 11111101 11111110 111111110 1111111 111011101 1111110 11111010 1111111 1111111101 11111110 11111110 1111111010 111111111010 1111111011111111 1111111111111 11111111110101 11111101011111 11101110111001 111111001111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 944 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Recovery from alcohol and drugs
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Written on June 13, 2023
Submitted by josephg.81565 on September 12, 2023
Modified by josephg.81565 on September 12, 2023
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