Analysis of We Is What We Is



I cry & I scream
why won't you believe
you say that you love me
but you inflict pain upon me.
I am still your daughter
though you didn't raise me
brought up by my grandparents
because you chose to leave.
When you came back
in 1985
I was filled with joy
'cause you were back in my life.
The joy quickly faded
and in reality I see
that I never had your love
and you never wanted me.
But you play with my emotions
always pretending to be
a kind and loving mother
when you want something from me.
You use and discard me
then leaving me alone
telling others how much you hate me
& by our family I've been disowned.
I refused to believe the truth
all the hatred that is there
I naively thought I could earn your love
to somehow make you care.
And through it all
these many years
nothing has changed
except my tears.
Finally I accept
what the truth really is
I am unloved, hated & unwanted
and my family is what it is.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11101 111111 11011011 111110 111011 111110 011111 1111 0 11111 1101011 011010 001011 1110111 0110101 11111010 101011 0101010 1111011 110011 110101 101011111 1101001101 10110101 1010111 1010111111 11111 0111 1101 1011 0111 100101 101101 110110010 011001111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 888
Words 182
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 719
Words per stanza (avg) 182
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Written on January 10, 2011

Submitted by tabbycat_b on July 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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