Analysis of Shaken Confidence
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Shaken confidence
In the city
Of broken hopes,
Where neon lights
Flicker and stutter,
Like my imagination,
Casting shadows
On the faces
Of the lost
And disoriented.
Belief evades me,
A slippery eel
Wriggling through my grasp,
Leaving
Me empty-handed,
Uncertain,
And vulnerable
To doubt.
The streets are a maze,
A labyrinth of doubt
And insecurity, where each step
Feels like a stumble,
A misstep towards failure.
Faces pass me by,
Blurry and indistinct,
Their judgment
Hanging in the air,
Like a thick fog of
Inadequacy
And self-doubt,
Stifling me,
Crippling me.
I search for certainty,
For a solid ground
To stand on,
But find only quicksand,
Sinking deeper
With each attempt
To regain control.
The city pulses with
Expectation and demands,
Whispering harshly
In my ear,
Reminding me
Of my inadequacies
And shortcomings.
The sirens wail, echoing
The keening within my soul,
A constant reminder of
My shaken confidence,
My faltering spirit.
I press on,
Struggling through
The chaos,
Hoping to find a glimmer
Of certainty,
A flicker
Of self-assurance.
Shaken confidence,
A battle
I continue to fight,
Searching for the strength
To rise above the doubts
And reclaim
My credence.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (43%) |
Metre | 10100 0010 1101 1101 10010 110010 101 1010 101 00100 01011 01001 1111 10 11010 010 01000 11 01101 01011 00100111 11010 0010110 10111 100001 110 10001 10111 01000 011 101 1001 111100 10101 111 11101 1010 1101 10101 010101 010001 10010 011 0101 1101000 010 0101100 010111 0100101 110100 110010 111 1001 010 1011010 1100 010 11010 10100 010 101011 10101 110101 001 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,209 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8, 5, 9, 7, 7, 5, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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