Analysis of Depression: The Grand Puppet Master
Depression: The Grand Puppet Master
With a smile upon my face and love in my eyes, I am drowning;
Darkness and despair all around, everything hopeless and pointless.
As I go through the motions, I am the master of pretending;
Surrounded by family and friends, I am filled with loneliness.
I grow silent, my mind goes blank, I struggle to breathe, no one sees;
I show the world a person filled with confidence, self-assurance.
Trapped, screaming deep down, forever lost, no one hears my silent pleas;
Laughter, hollow to my ears, depression made its reappearance.
It comes and it goes, no rhyme or reason, like a thief in the night;
I fear happiness, the higher I go, the farther I will fall.
As it tightens its hold, as I break, I fight it with all my might;
Not quite sadness, something more, much much more, death embodied and all.
I am fine, even when I am not fine, I will always be fine.
I am fine, even when I am not fine, I will always be fine.
Scheme | x abab cdcd efef GG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010011010 1010111010111110 100011011010010 1111010110101010 0101100011111100 1110111111011111 1101010111001010 1101101011111101 101011101011010 1101111110101001 1110001011010111 1110111111111111 1110101111101001 111101111111111 111101111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
I feel mental illness is a topic that is not discussed at its true nature enough. Most literature on the topic is superficial at best. I like to use my art form to approach topics that are deemed taboo.
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