Analysis of No Mouth
What can I write?
Words simply get stuck in my head. Will I ever be able to let them out , again? Or will the words stay locked up forever in my head to be heard only by me?
When I try to talk, the words mix up upon exiting my mouth like scrambled eggs. Better to keep my mouth shut then to risk embarrassment. People wouldn't understand, I don't.
The words say , "Hey! Let me out I'm in here! Please!." I clench my teeth and bite my lips until I taste a rusty taste in my mouth.Words are better to be behind the jagged bars.
One day,they may escape. Maybe, just maybe I will let the words out on parole. With conditions, of course.
I have no voice and I must scream!
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11011011111011011110111011110100111111011 111110111011001111011011111111010010100111 0111111101111110111011101010111101101011 1110110110111011101101011 11110111 |
| Characters | 688 |
| Words | 140 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 84 |
| Words per line (avg) | 25 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 505 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 152 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem at a time in my life when I thought I had no voice, meaning being able to communicate my feelings.
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