Analysis of The Hangman

Ax.Barajas 1980 (Illinois)



 The Hangman cometh,
  The Hangmans gonna take you a way.
  Feel the noose around your neck as it
  tightens. The trap door opens, you start to
  choke. Your brain goes in shocked.

Hard to breath, your body begins to sway.
  The Hangmans got a grip on you.
  Your mind floods with memories trying to
  avoid the pain.

You start to close your eyes. The more you try  
  you feel the weight beneath your feet too
  unbearable. Start to drift, start to lose
  consciousness.

Hangman shruges never fazed behind his
  potato sack.
  Knows your fate. Fighting to hold a
  little longer. Your pulse starts to race, your
  blood starts to drain.

Hope is gone, you start to pray in your head
   The Hangman cometh with no remorse.
   Wood creaks, wood breaks a gush of air
   across your face.

The rope snaps thy mighty angel sword
  prevails. You fall feel the ground
  beneath your feet. Your body is
  numb a voice speaks to you Get Up! No time
  to waste. Like the sound of thunder crashing
  against the heavens shakes your soul

You have been given a second chance.
   The Hangman is in disbelief.
   The Hangman cometh his hand reaches.
   You close your eyes and hold your breath

You open your eyes and look to see.
   That beneath this stained potato sack.
   The Hangman was you all along.


Scheme XAXBX ABBC XBXX DEXXC XXXX XXDXXX XXXX XEX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (26%)
Metre 01010 01101101 101011111 1001110111 111101 1111100111 0110111 1111100101 0101 1111110111 110101111 0100111111 100 101101011 011 11110110 1010111111 1111 1111111011 010101101 11110111 0111 011110101 0111101 01111101 1011111111 1110111010 01010111 111100101 0101001 010101110 11110111 110110111 10111011 01011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,340
Words 264
Sentences 26
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

I wrote this through a dream I had to express the many ways life's obstacles hammer us down that litterally shakes from our core. We start to doubt and give in. "Through pain and sorrow we accomplish life that is the main purpose."

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Written on February 20, 2024

Submitted by axbarajas0419 on February 19, 2024

Modified by axbarajas0419 on April 29, 2024

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