Analysis of Intrusive
Do not ignore unwanted thoughts
To make them go away.
Instead, you will need lots and lots
Of prayers every day!
You also need to soon replace
Unwanted thoughts with those
That aren't temptations you must face,
But are the ones you chose.
Subconsciously when you ignore
What you want to remove,
It reinforces more and more
And probably won't improve
The likelihood of happiness;
A goal when you aren't glad
Because the devil wants to mess
With reasons you aren't sad.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DEDE XFXF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 111101 01111101 111001 1101111 010111 110010111 110111 01001101 111101 1010101 0100101 0101100 0111101 01010111 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Unwanted thoughts
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Written on July 24, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 24, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on July 24, 2023
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