Analysis of Emptiness Filled
How did I get my life in such a big mess?
I look around me, nothing but emptiness.
Where oh where God did it all go wrong?
My wife once loved me, now she is gone.
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I tried so hard to be the best man I could be
But one day she wanted nothing to do with me.
So that’s the reason I took the ax off the wall
And chopped her to pieces, once and for all.
I laughed, she screamed, she wrenched with pain.
I won’t go to prison because I’m criminally insane.
For what I did I should pay, I must confess.
So my life will forever be filled with emptiness.
Scheme | ABXX CCDD EEAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101011 11011101100 111111111 111111111 1 111111011111 111110101111 110101101101 0101101011 11111111 111110011100001 11111111101 1111010111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 541 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
About this poem
I just finished writing another "dark humor" poem and my wife made me mad about something again. This poem was the result. It didn't happen though.
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Written on November 19, 2017
Submitted by UJ on August 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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