Analysis of A Frayed
Sometimes my soul feels like it's frayed;
Anxiety at war,
Despite the many times I've prayed,
I lose the fight once more.
Anxiety attacks the views
Of how I look at me.
It's not the way of life I'd choose.
For peace of mind, I plea!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 01111111 010011 01010111 110111 01000101 111111 11011111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Based on truth.
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Written on June 11, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 11, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on June 11, 2023
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