Analysis of Like a piñata



Why am I alive?
They say I'm alive to shine
Yet they hit me with their bats
And break me like a piñata.

I think of being no more
My corpse only they adore.
Tell me, if I've never hurt you,
Why you hit me back with all your force?


Scheme XXXX AAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 1110111 1111111 01110110 1111011 1110101 11111011 111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 233
Words 57
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

I wrote this poem because i was feeling really down due to a friend who never cared for me.

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Written on March 29, 2023

Submitted by Emile on January 24, 2024

Modified by Emile on July 11, 2024

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