Analysis of Voices
Angela Harvick 1969 (United States)
The voices in my head
Are telling me what to
I try not to listen
But they just get stronger
The Doc gives me meds
To make them go away
But to no avail,
I think they're here to stay
My mind goes in circles,
Lost and confused
Keeping up with all the thoughts
Is making my mind race
The anxiety keeps building
And speeds up my heart
But then I stop
Draw a maze,
And settle down the rhythm
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFEHEEIJKEL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011 110111 111110 111110 01111 111101 11101 111111 111010 1001 1011101 110111 00100110 01111 1111 101 0101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 302 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
About this poem
When I was taking medication for bipolar, I started hearing voices and started writing about it.
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Written on August 20, 2003
Submitted by beliajenevah on June 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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