Analysis of Inside
Jason Brett 1984 (NY)
The tips of my fingers deep purple,
I grip the leash tighter
To hold the beast still;
Intrusive thoughts love to trespass.
They shoot to kill.
It’s unreal.
Chains and chains and chains and chains
In my brain it’s insane,
Change and change and change and change
The only way I can stay.
The range of things I feel in a day,
I can’t begin to relay,
The thoughts I bury and push away,
For a sec I’m okay.
My life at 40%
60% I must hide,
Because the beast will always linger,
But it must never come outside.
Scheme | XABXBX XXXC CCCC XDAD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110110 110110 11011 0101111 1111 101 1010101 011101 1010101 0101111 011111001 110111 011100101 10111 111 111 01011110 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I'm liked by everyone. People are easy. Raise your eyebrows, smile, and nod during the conversation. They respond positively. Deepen my voice, add a little wit. The audience is locked in. But the hate present in this world manifests an anger inside of me. The collective hate in this world precedes my individual hate for many aspects of it. This poem is my confession.
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