Analysis of Box For A Lone Wolf



In a box
For a lone wolf,
I lay my thoughts
To rest,
Gone
Are the days
Of howling,
As I suppress
My feral nature.
In this small,
Confined space,
I try to make sense
Of it all,
Feeling trapped
And isolated,
As I struggle
To break the screen.
I long for the freedom,
To roam
And explore once more,
But I fear
My untamed identity,
And what it might
Drive me to do.

So I sit here
In my box,
Trapped
In my own mind,
Wondering
If I'll ever
Break free,
And leave
This confinement
To die alone.


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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 505
Words 133
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 24, 10
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 50
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Written on June 19, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 19, 2023

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Joe Strickland

I'm just a regular, blue collar, working stiff who took an interest in writing poetry many years ago but until recently I haven't had a desire to share any with anyone or pursue publication. I'm an unpublished fork lift operator by night, and a day drinker by choice. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandSC more…

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