Analysis of The Warden Whose Name is Depression



When the warden whose name is Depression
Makes a prison of your mind
And the walls are barred all around you
Mirroring all you've left behind

No matter how good your behavior
You will never get out on parole
Because the warden will never be satisfied
Til he shreds each shard of your soul

In solitary confinement
You will spend most of your time
With only your thoughts for company
To ponder over your crimes

You may hear other prisoners crying
Apparitions of former selves
The infant, the child, the adolescent
With whom you're acquainted well

An ammunition of memories lies
In the chamber of his gun
And nothing would give him more pleasure
Than to shoot if you try to run

When his bullet pierces your brain
Your life will flash before your eyes
Each of your former selves will mourn
As yet another piece of you dies

Whatever remains will be captured
And thrown back into a cell
The Warden will cackle delightedly
By your misery he was regaled

For the warden whose name is Depression
Adores reigning over his jail
Escape is nearly impossible
You will never break free from this Hell


Scheme ABXB CDXD EXXX XXEF GACA XGXG XFDX AXXF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1010111010 1010111 001111011 10011101 110111010 111011101 01010110110 11111111 0100010 1111111 110111100 1101011 1111010010 0101101 010010010 1110101 101011001 0010111 010111110 11111111 1110111 11110111 11110111 110101111 10011110 0110101 0101101 111001101 1010111010 01101011 011100100 111011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,093
Words 204
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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