Analysis of Paper Words



My words on this white sheet shine.
My words on top of lines have a brine.
My words on a horizontal plane fight.
My words on mulched wood have a sight.

Paper lies in front of me on display.
Paper displays my thoughts on disarray.
Paper thoughts ease my mind to heal.
Paper heals my thoughts by a crack seal.

Words on my paper describe my sanity.
Words on my paper reflect my insanity.
Words on my paper show what addiction did.
Words on my paper fear the encore bid.

Pain from my use is etched on each letter.
Guilt from my use never seems to get better.
Hatred strikes this paper with full assault.
Happiness exits the paper from the addicts belt.

Paper words can never describe the laugh.
The chuckle bears the enemy of another attack.
Paper words cry for help from a different entity.
My addiction snickers waiting for my disability.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGXX XXEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Metre 1111111 111111101 111001011 11111101 1010111101 100111101 10111111 101111011 11110011100 111100110100 11110110101 111101011 1111111110 11111011110 1011101101 1001001010011 1011100101 01010100101001 10111110100100 10101010110100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 840
Words 177
Sentences 20
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

Addiction has taken so many life memories away from individuals. “Paper Words” explains how writing and poetry has helped me through my sobriety.

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Submitted by Jkoontz108 on June 23, 2023

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