Analysis of Alcohol and Drugs Saved My Life
Steve Dupere 1963 (MA)
Youth was a gateway to my awakening,
As I began to conceive the lie.
When I believed I was going to live forever,
Was the day I began to die.
Night after night I sought its destruction,
Partying away without any shame,
Abusing my mind, moreover my body,
Liquor and drugs were the game.
Staying out for days, feeding the sickness,
Snorting and drinking until morning light,
No sense of myself until it all came down,
When fear kept me up through the night.
My head spun around to wake me up fast,
To cravings I knew couldn't fill me
I ignored and defied until I ceased to function,
Is when I realized my habits would kill me.
That was the night when death spoke loudly --
"Enough is enough, it's time to convene."
My heartbeat fired a most frightful warning,
When I knew it was time to come clean.
I'd fallen down sick, feeling under the weather
When my arrogance finally bit me.
Earth spun around when my head met the ground,
As the dog days of youth finally hit me.
The fear was consuming and where had I been,
Before I'd proclaimed immortality,
On the day when living became my new drug,
Reborn by my own mortality.
Scheme | ABCB DEFE XGXG XFDF FBAX CFXF XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 1101110100 110110101 1101111011010 10110111 1101111010 1000101101 01011010110 1001001 1011110010 1001001101 1111011111 11111101 1110111111 110111011 1010010111110 11110110111 110111110 101101111011 1110011010 111111111 110111010010 1110010011 1101111101 10111110011 01101001111 011010100 10111001111 111110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,144 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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