Analysis of Walking It Off
He had needed this
A walk late night
No one observing, or hearing
He wanted it that way.
Wanted to bellow out
Mental illness in the household.
Worries without number.
He had argued often
From logic's platform.
The delusions stuck like glue.
Had seemed so real to her.
Became the knee-jerk reaction
Wife in the throes of
Schizophrenia (so diagnosed and treated).
Now God was most
Cerainly in Presence
And hearing out
The deeper matters.
Answers would not come tonight.
(But Father was there
Je ne sais quoi How.
| Scheme | XA X X B X C D X X C D X X X X B X A X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 0111 11010110 110111 101101 1010001 100110 111010 111 0010111 111110 01011010 10011 0100101010 1111 1010 0101 01010 1011101 11011 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 787 |
| Words | 171 |
| Sentences | 23 |
| Stanzas | 20 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Written on December 19, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 19, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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