Analysis of Muddled
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
The world was too noisy
And I couldn't find quiet.
My thoughts were jumbled
And I needed to clear my mind.
So, I ventured out
Into the rain,
Letting it wash over me,
Hoping it would help me
Think clearly again.
That's when I heard
Someone say that you
Had disappeared into a crowd.
The words bounced off my brain,
Not processing properly.
I couldn't grasp
The meaning behind them,
But I couldn't shake off
The feeling
That there was something important
That I was missing.
I stood there,
Drenched and confused,
Trying to unravel
The mystery of your disappearance.
But nothing made sense,
And my mind was still
As muddled as before.
So, I just stood there,
Under the grey skies,
Waiting for the rain
To wash away the noise
And the confusion,
Hoping that it would bring
Clarity back into my life.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110 0110110 11010 01101111 11101 0101 1011101 101111 11001 1111 1111 1010101 011111 1100100 1101 010011 111011 010 11110010 11110 111 1001 101010 010011010 11011 01111 110101 11111 10011 10101 110101 00010 101111 10010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 626 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
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