Analysis of depression



There is this dark thing
I call it a type of sickness
inside me and inside yours
The pain that it lingers
choking on all the tears
so tired and week
But it won't come to a stop


Scheme ABCDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11101110 0110011 011110 101101 11001 1111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 183
Words 44
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Written on August 22, 2023

Submitted by jeante_d on August 22, 2023

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