Analysis of Buzz



There's a fly in my ear,
and I cannot get it out.

It buzzes and buzzes,
Until the sun has a drought.

I ask for advice,
And they say eat healthy.

What will it do for the fly?
I cannot eat that, it’s filthy.

Do I wash it out,
Or pick it with a lock?

I get told it’s made up,
a shock.

Pleading for help,
I get turned down.

This time to another person,
not one in a gown.

They claim the doctor can help,
I cry from rejoice!

But the fly in my ear,
It has a voice.

It feels as if it is a part of me.
A two in one package.

The fly and the girl,
I think we will manage.


Scheme AB XB XC XC BD XD EF XF EG AG CH XH
Poetic Form
Metre 101011 0110111 110010 0101101 11101 011110 1111101 11011110 11111 111101 111111 01 1011 1111 11101010 11001 1101011 11101 101011 1101 1111110111 010110 01001 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 577
Words 159
Sentences 14
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 10

About this poem

This poem shows how it feels to constantly have racing thoughts in my mind, and being unable to get help for it.

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Written on February 06, 2022

Submitted by Sleepytonight on February 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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