Analysis of My Truth
There are so many things that I want to say
I just want to break away
But there is air in my lungs
And it is no fun
I feel like I can’t breathe
And you can’t see
Your eyes are open but closed at the same time
You pretend like I am fine
You hear me choke
But you think it is a joke
You laugh in my face
And tell me to be ok
So I with tears in my eyes
I don’t dare to cry
This is how my life always has been
There is no chance for me to win
I know it is not right
But there is no help in sight
I feel the pain from within
I feel it crawling in my skin
There is so much pain
I feel like I a going insane
You hear but don’t listen
Then you put me in a shitty position
You miss all of the words that come out of my mouth
I am so sick of this house
Then this rage starts to sprout
And it is dying to come out
I want to scream and shout
Tell you all of my doubts
I want you to listen to me mom
I know this sounds like a bomb
I am sorry for the way this sounds
And I don’t want to go rounds
This needed to happen
And I am sorry for your reaction
This is my truth
But I can’t live my youth
I can’t live with feelings
That are as high as the ceiling
Please forgive me mom
And try to stay calm
As I tell you my truth
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111111 1111101 1111011 01111 111111 0111 11110111011 1011111 1111 1111101 11011 0111111 1111011 11111 11111111 11111111 111111 1111101 1101101 11110011 11111 111101001 111110 1111001010 111101111111 1111111 111111 01110111 111101 111111 111110111 1111101 111010111 0111111 110110 0111011010 1111 111111 111110 11111010 10111 01111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,261 |
Words | 318 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
This poem is about not being able to say what they need to say. It is about being silenced and being told to suck it up. The narrator just continues to suck it up until they explode and let’s out their truth.
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