Analysis of Thirteen
Bend !
Bend harder .
No thinking !
Do what we say .
Don’t reason .
Especially don’t feel .
Shut it off!
Push it down .
Way down .
Further !
Now be happy about it .
We know better .
You don’t.
Jump higher!!
Don’t question.
Ask how high .
Higher still !
Not good enough!
Let it go .
Even the memories.
We take blood…
Now be happy about it .
Lifeless, lonely, desperate,
It’s good .
| Scheme | abxx cxxddbE ba bc x xx xx x Eex |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 110 110 1111 110 01011 111 111 11 10 1110011 1110 11 110 110 111 101 1101 111 100100 111 1110011 101010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 23 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
I was once part of a cult-ish religion and was judged by a council. This poem is how that event felt to me.
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Written on October 15, 2020
Submitted by Oceanloveisland on November 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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