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 |
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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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