Analysis of Saving Sanity



Saving sanity.
Although close to go.
Yet,
Still not too late...
From having what is left of it,
Protected and safe.
By staying awake.

Suggestion.
No need to rehearse or practice.
Try this...
At the moment you feel,
Your reality as is has begun to give away...
For craze to accept?
Scream!
That's right.
Taking the pressure off your consciousness.
Then slowly breathe.
Feeling the relief of it.

And...
If the doing of this is not noticed?
Kept to keep to observe in your mind,
That what you have done to do intentionally?
Others around you,
Act as if this is a normal activity.
Not to suspect or detect,
You are saving your sanity...
Safe from their madness.
A madness they have been made to accept?
Congratulations.

Don't fight the feeling.
Let it out and scream.
Know what you do has a purpose!


Scheme AXXXBXX XCXXXDEXCXB XXXAXAXACDX XEC
Poetic Form
Metre 10100 1111 1 1111 11011111 01001 11001 010 11101110 11 101011 110111011101 11101 1 11 1001011100 1101 1000111 0 1010111110 111101011 111111101000 10011 111110100100 1101101 11101100 11110 0101111101 0010 11010 11101 11111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 798
Words 177
Sentences 26
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 11, 11, 3
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on December 15, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on December 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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