Analysis of The Fight



A secret mental struggle,
Against anxiety and despair.
An internal war raging out of control,
Those around us unaware.

We hug a friend in need,
When it is us, that is craving an embrace.
We tell those around us everything is okay,
While feeling tears, streaming down our face.

We want to rise above,
That which is holding us down.
We search for shreds of strength,
When there are none to be found.

Faint echos of inspiration,
In the vacuum of the quiet.
Distant and shimmering possibilities,
In the pitch black of the night.

Small pieces with little value,
Gathered in mass become a thing.
They create a flicker of hope,
Reigniting the ability to dream.

Slowly reaching out,
To each dark corner inside.
The light is becoming brighter,
Giving darkness nowhere else to hide.

It is a fight against hopelessness,
Darkness and depression cannot rule our lives.
Arm yourselves with hope, prayer, and love,
And be ready to fight when the enemy arrives.


Scheme XAXA XBXB CXXX XXXX XXXX XDXD XXCX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (43%)
Metre 0101010 010100001 10101101101 101101 110101 11111110101 1110111011 1101101101 111101 1111011 111111 1111111 1101010 00101010 1001000100 0011101 11011010 10010101 10101011 00100010011 10101 1111001 01101010 10101111 110101100 100010101101 10111101 0110111010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 951
Words 197
Sentences 14
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

This was an attempt at describing what is happening inside a person that is fighting depression.

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Written on November 08, 2003

Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 21, 2023

Modified by JoseCanUC on October 15, 2023

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Joe McLaughlin

Raised on a small farm outside of a small town in Texas, I was no stranger to work. It is this work ethic that has propelled my professional success but there is this other side of me. The side that deeply thinks about things. The side with an imagination and a desire to use my hands for more than just brute physical labor. more…

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