Analysis of Paralysed.
Songs playing on loop.
Unable to focus.
Eyes glazed over a laptop.
No thoughts.
Brain blank.
Numb.
Gin poured too strongly.
Grimace as it clings to your tongue and
holds in her throat.
Unable to move.
Legs lifeless,
Under the armed forces of blankets.
Head spins.
Mind lulls.
Water residue left on the bedside table from the cold glass.
She’ll take your thoughts to bed with her
And she’ll toss and turn
She won’t sleep
Just an empty state of consciousness
Paralysed.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJBKLMNOPQBH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 010110 111001 11 11 1 11110 101111110 1001 01011 110 100110110 11 11 10101101101011 11111110 01101 111 111011100 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 368 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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