Analysis of Don't give up
Jessica Millitello 1988 (United States)
Sometimes I'm climbing these walls,
My mind won't stop racing.
Other times the walls are closing in,
And every other thought I'm missing.
I've done everything I could to escape,
To find a solution or some type of answer.
All I ever find is the bottom of a bottle,
And a heart that's even heavier.
It seems I'm destined to be a failure,
And to live everyday in pain.
I don't even know why I try,
Will probably just screw shit up again.
But I will not lay down and take it,
I will not let this be the end.
There's more to me than this strife,
There's 3 innocent faces I will defend.
When life seems overwhelming,
And everything feels hopelessly lost,
I take deep breaths, repeatedly tell myself,
It is what it is, regardless of the cost.
I cannot always give up,
And I cannot always complain.
At some point I have to put the work in,
I need to stay solid and refrain.
Everyone knows the struggle,
And we all face the same fall.
Those who are destined to make it,
Have to learn when to make that call.
Scheme | XABA XCDC CEXX FGXG AXXX XEBE DHFH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 0111011 111110 101011100 0100101110 111011101 110010111110 1110110101010 001110100 1111011010 01110101 11101111 1100111101 111111011 11111101 1111111 1100101101 111010 01011001 1111010011 11111010101 110111 0110101 1111111010 111110001 101010 0111011 11110111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
We all have moments where we feel like just quitting...
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Written on May 23, 2021
Submitted by 313FELON on January 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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