Analysis of Life on standby
My rapacity precedes me
Anxiety cripples me
My enemy
Macerating my reality
Quick to caution
Woe to the person I could be
If only
Zealous amygdala,
sedulously it directs me
Internally
Hackneyed phrases remind me
You only live once
Seize every opportunity
A glint of premature confidence shines
Frenzied Panic begins to rise
A familiar warning sign
Clawing my esophagus
My expectations, limited
Perturbation and anguish my personality
Victoriously, it cloaks me
The verdict clear
My jurisdiction, fear
I yearn to truly live
My life is not mine
Hunger and apprehension intertwine
Tirelessly I tread
Biding time
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 0100101 1100 1110 1110 11010111 110 10010 11011 0100 1010011 11011 11000100 011011001 10100111 0010101 1010100 1010100 01001010100 1111 0101 10101 111101 11111 100010001 10011 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 610 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 27 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 507 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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This poem is about the negative effects that anxiety has on my life
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