Analysis of Night Terror



I wake up crying your name out loud
Heart racing I look around
My face feels wet as tears roll down
Sleep escapes me though darkness is a shroud

Closing my eyes I try to wait
Feeling my pulse slow down its gait
I see your face smiling at me
Why does it feel like ecstasy

The pain is real and bittersweet
It is all but a dream, a short sweet memory
I wish your arms could hold me tight
To stop these terrors that come to me at night

I close my eyes and try to sleep
Thinking about what you meant to me
Can I get through this night
And wake up in time to see the light

Night terror night terror go away
Please, Only let sweet memories stay today
The pain slowly fades away
As my mind goes back to sleep I pray


Scheme AXXA BBCC XCDD XCDD EEEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111101111 1101101 11111111 1011110101 10111111 10111111 11111011 11111100 0111010 111101011100 11111111 11110111111 11110111 100111111 111111 011011101 110110101 11011100101 0110101 111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 716
Words 156
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

This poem is about adults experiencing night terrors after losing someone they love deeply. Grief affects our lives in many ways and some fights unfortunately, we fight alone at night, in our sleep.

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Written on August 10, 2022

Submitted by ninersld on August 10, 2022

Modified by ninersld on November 10, 2023

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