Analysis of Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde



Would you still love Dr Jekyll
If you knew of Mr Hyde?
Would you tolerate Frankenstein's Monster
But demonise his bride?
Are you angry with the ladies
Who drove the Count to drink?
Do you recognise the grooming?
Do the girls all need a shrink?
My sister's saw me suffer
My sister's saw my pain
My sister's heard my story
I thought the truth was plain
But the devil's in the detail
The devil's much more fun
He'll dance, get high and give you drugs
Till the rising of the sun
We victims are uncomfortable
Mendacity's their swag
All they want is perfect parties
My trauma is a drag
You were friends with Dr
Jekyll
But you knew of Mr Hyde
You saw what he was doing
But you chose to say you're blind
You used the pain I suffered
To prove  the sin is mine
defend the indefensible
My truth is now my crime.
Now the man is ashes
My peace is still forestalled
Dr Frankenstein the creator
Has made monsters of you all.


Scheme ABCBDEFECGHGIJKJAEDLMABFNOPAQRSCT
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 1111101 11101010 1111 11101010 110111 111010 1011101 1101110 110111 1101110 110111 10100001 010111 11110111 1010101 110101000 111 11110110 110101 10111 10 1111101 1111110 1111111 1101110 110111 01000100 111111 101110 11111 1100010 1110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 909
Words 181
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 33
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 717
Words per stanza (avg) 176

About this poem

This poem is a response to people who ignore abuse because the abuser has done nothing to them and the mental gymnastics they do to blame the victim.

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Written on January 10, 2023

Submitted by shivferguson on November 04, 2023

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