Analysis Of The Poem Creep

The poem “Creep” has a very dark, twisted and displaced feel to it and crates an image of a “psychotic” person obsessing and wanting control over a certain person. Part way through the poem, the writer says “I don’t care if it hurts / I want to have control” (12-13). This indicates that one of the characters wants control and will do anything to achieve it, even if violence actions are needed. This feeling of dark and twistedness is present throughout the whole poem. This gives the poem an overall mode a feel of creepiness and darkness. The theme is also very dark. The theme of this poem is a want for control and an urge to feel belonged even if it means becoming violent. Throughout the poem, it repeats the line “What the hell am I doing here?
/ I don’t belong here” (10-11). This quotation suggests that the character does not feel like he or she belongs in the place they are in and how they crave the feeling of control because possibly, his or hers life has been spinning or has spun out of control. Another way the writer suggest the theme of dark and absence of belongingness is the poetry devices that are used. In the fourth stanza, the poem reads “She’s running out the door, / she’s running / she run, run, run, run” (22-26). The use of repeating the word “run” is very affective in giving the reader a feel of suspense and a sense of trying to escape from a controlling figure. Majority of the text within the poem gives a feel or a theme of twistedness and someone trying to gain control or escape a controlling figure. Overall, they are many contributors throughout the poem that gives it a very dark and twisted feel such as the placement of words and the repeating patterns.