Analysis of Trapped
Sadie Colucci 1979 (Ny)
For half of my life
I felt trapped in a box
My mind locked in a jail cell
No way to be unlocked
I lived a double life
Happy on the outside
Smiling with my friends
While miserable on the inside
Trying to hide my emotions
My brain is an oxymoron
Busy but accomplishing nothing
Or rather a paradox
Running around a hamster wheel yet going no where
The inability to control
The racing of the brain
Travels to the heart and soul
And sadly drives me insane
Living a life of contradictions
As well as constant uncertainty
Causes immeasurable stress
And extreme vulnerability
Change is a word that causes
Inexhaustible fear
Sends chills down my spine
And creates unimaginable tears
Fear has been the basis
For all these years
And having no one to trust
Made it prolong my tears
Unhappy and saddened
By the stress I was holding in
I decided to make a change
And try therapy again
The jail cell I was trapped in
No longer was locked
The pain I caused others
Was lessened and blocked
The world became
A much more beautiful place
Especially after I learned
To cope and no longer have my mind race
Less triggers are present
And the confidence in me is blooming
I can finally have the relationships
That I had previously been ruining
For once in my life
I feel free and happy
Continuing to work on myself
Nothing can stop me.
Scheme | ABXC ADXDE XFBX GHGH EIXI XXXJ XXXJ XKXX KCXC XLXL XFXF AIXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 111001 1110011 111101 110101 101011 10111 110001001 10111010 1111110 101010010 110010 1001010111011 00100101 010101 1010101 0101101 10011010 111100100 1001001 00100100 1101110 001001 11111 001010001 111010 1111 0101111 110111 010010 10111100 1101101 0110001 0111110 11011 011110 11001 0101 0111001 0101011 1101101111 110110 0010001110 1110010010 11110001100 11011 111010 01001111 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,270 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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