Analysis of Not okay
How could we be so blind,
Blind to see behind the doors,
All the flaws that we ignored,
But it’s okay.
The kids that sit at home,
Depressed, They’re skin and bone,
They think they’re all alone,
But it’s okay.
We learn to ignore the ones who hide,
The ones we set aside,
The ones who lost all pride ,
But it’s okay
Kids sit at home staring at their wall,
Thinking whether or not to fall,
Because in their heads they feel so small,
But it’s okay.
They’re not okay.
They would cry all day and pray,
Begging for the end of the day,
Wanting everything to go away,
Cant somebody just ask them to stay,
Not to go too far away,
Their minds are made of clay,
But they would just obey,
Themselves they did betray,
Please take the pain away,
They said everyday.
Don’t ignore the ones who need,
The ones who try to plead,
Where their thoughts would start to bleed,
But everyone agreed,
That they were guaranteed,
To stay and please succeed,
But they would just mislead,
They wanted to be freed.
It’s not okay.
It will never be okay.
Scheme | xxxA xbbA cccA dddA aaaaaaaaaaa eeeeeeee aa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1110101 1011101 111 011111 011101 111101 111 111010111 011101 011111 111 111110111 10101111 010111111 111 111 1111101 10101101 10101101 11011111 1111101 111111 111101 011101 110101 11101 1010111 011111 1111111 11001 11001 110101 111101 110111 111 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,056 |
Words | 239 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 11, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
This poem talks about depression in young adults and children. I was in fact inspired by myself and how I feel.
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Written on January 02, 2023
Submitted by ririjaafari on February 01, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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