Analysis of The Broken Alarm
When I was just a little boy,
My parents never said
They were concerned my lack of joy
Looked like a sense of dread.
When teenage years had come to be,
My parents never spoke
About why no one came to see
Their son who rarely spoke.
They seemed to think my quiet ways
Would leave me on its own,
Or that it was a silly phase
And left me quite alone!
When I found out anxiety
Was causing so much harm,
It was too late for them to see
Since death killed the alarm!
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 110101 10011111 110111 1111111 110101 01111111 111101 11111101 111111 11110101 011101 11110100 110111 11111111 111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Unaware and unconcerned parents
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Written on May 25, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on May 25, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on May 25, 2024
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