Analysis of Temptation
Tricia Tracey. 1991 (Canton)
Runaway and hide
I'm getting to overwhelmed
These feelings these emotions
Will I let them take me out
It's a mess up in my head
Words and thoughts they swirl about
I sabotage things good to me
I don't need anyone else around
My anger comes to surface
The rage begins to creep
Consuming my whole attitude
Do I take this drastic leap?
To step right off the mountain
But euphoric in the fall
Do I destroy myself again?
Ruin and lose it all
Go back to that old life
That calls me sweetly often
Temptation turns its cynical head
Do I have another option
Maybe instead I'll cut myself
It is better than getting high
Either way I lose though
Because I mask the pain inside
Scheme | AXXB CBXX XDXD EFXF XECE XXXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1001 110101 1101010 1111111 1011011 1011101 1101111 11110101 1101110 010111 0101110 1111101 1111010 1010001 1101101 100111 111111 1111010 010111001 11101010 1001111 11101101 101111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
I'm a recovery from substance use personally and from self-harm but that does not mean I still don't struggle writing helps. .. It's about learning how to cope with the pain today.
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