Analysis of The Costs
Everything is happening.
I wonder, what is happiness?
All I know is that,
sometimes, I don't feel sad.
But, when "not sad" is happening,
I don't think that it's happiness.
All I know is that,
I'm numb to all the bad.
And just because I'm functioning,
does not mean that I'm letting in
anyone or anything
I love.
The nothingness is obstructing
my power to feel connection,
to anyone or anything
I love.
And then there is the emptiness.
The guilt and shame of what is left,
the self-awareness of
all that's been lost.
I'm wondering, what's free among the costs?
I'm wondering, what's free?
| Scheme | abCd abCd axaE axaE bxex x x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101100 11011100 11111 011111 11111100 11111100 11111 111101 01011100 11111100 10110 11 01001010 11011010 110110 11 01110100 01011111 010101 1111 1100110101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
The poem expresses the costs of mental illness and the internal loudness of the silent struggles within when everything appears fine externally.
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