Analysis of Writers Block
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I sit at my desk, cigarette burning
Flies buzz around me, they're learning
I drink cheap whiskey, feeling old
Everything around me, just seems to fold
The walls close in, they're suffocating
My head is pounding, it's devastating
Another day wasted, another chance gone
I try to write, but the words don't belong
I look out the window, the world keeps turning
People rushing by, they're not concerning
They have their lives, their hopes and dreams
But me, I just exist, or so it seems
I light another cigarette, the smoke fills the air
My life feels hollow, like I'm going nowhere
The emptiness inside, it's hard to shake
I try to find meaning, but it's hard to make
The bottle is empty, the night is long
My thoughts swirl, they're all wrong
But I keep going, I keep trying
Because in the end, there's no denying
Life can be tough, it can be cruel
But we still fight, we still duel
We may not win, we may not succeed
But we keep going, because that's the need.
Scheme | AABB AAXC AADD EEFF CCAA GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 111110110 11011110 11110101 100111111 01101100 111101100 01011001011 1111101101 11101001110 1010111010 11111101 1111011111 110100101101 1111011101 0100011111 11111011111 0101100111 111111 111101110 0100111010 111111110 11111110 111111101 1111001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 967 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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