Analysis of Scarlet Letter Insanity

Cas Wilson 1999 (United States)



I feel I shall go mad
With the flat-lining signals
Of my energetic brain,
That screech in my ears
And the plead for consolation.
But no being on this wide earth
May hear them but me.

I crave the clatter of smashing plates and
Banging pots and pans
In a chorus of unchained ecstasy
And harrowing flashes
Of a life I am not living.

Hellfire resides in my organized mind
Burning at the prim composure
Of lipstick smiles and ironed clothes
Nothing that should be flammable
Ever seems to be.

Why not climb out the window
Where I may stand admiring the horizon
And climb upon rickety old roofs
Ripping off garments of confinement
And scream?

They say I have the mark of insanity
Upon my demented genes
A scarlet letter upon my breast.
I myself cannot fathom
How one can look out a window all day
And not feel the need to scream.


Scheme XXXXAXB XXBXX XXXXB XAXXC BXXXXC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1011010 110101 11011 0011010 11101111 11111 1101011010 10101 001011100 010010 10111110 10101101 10101010 1110101 10111100 10111 1111010 11110100010 010110011 101101010 01 11110110100 0110101 010100111 111010 1111101011 0110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 833
Words 172
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 5, 5, 6
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on January 10, 2024

Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 10, 2024

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Cas Wilson

Cas Wilson is a twenty-something history and book nerd living in Pennsylvania with their partner. They have been devouring books their entire life with no plans to stop anytime soon. more…

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