Analysis of Not My Fault
You can not admit what
you did to me, Can you?
The words you told me and
how you touched me.
You can not admit it and
you continue to make it feel
like I did something wrong.
It has been 4 years since those
days since you touched me the
The way you did and the abuse you
put me through.
I know you don’t remember me
when you are laying in bed late at
night as I do.
I know when you are with
another girl, you don’t
remember me.
You never remembered me
after the day we broke up.
You forgot me like a lost soul,
never to care about never to think
about ever again.
But, I still remember you, even
when I am with the love of my
life I am still scared.
Scared of being touched and
cradled when I am at my lowest.
Scared to be in love, scared of it all.
As I continue to think about it now,
it seems like forever ago, and yet I can
still, remember every little detail.
I have come to the decision,
after telling myself many times,
what you did was not my fault,
I still find that I am blaming
myself for what you did.
You, don’t remember what you
did and I think that is okay.
Thank you for showing me
what real love should not be.
I say thank you even though
I hate you with everything I have.
But, forgiveness is coping, and
coping is getting better.
So yes, thank you, really thank you.
Scheme | AB CD CXX XXBB DXB XAD DX XXX XXX CX X XXX XXXXX BX DD XX CX B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 111111 011110 1111 1110110 10101111 111101 111111 111110 011100011 111 11110101 111100111 1111 111111 010111 0101 1100101 1001111 10111011 1011011011 011001 111010110 11110111 11111 111010 11111110 111011111 11010110111 111010010111 10101001001 11110010 10101101 1111111 11111110 11111 1101011 1011111 111101 111111 1111101 11111011 10101100 1011010 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,328 |
Words | 311 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Trigger Warning - Mentions of Sexual Assault and being touched without consent. This poem is me speaking up about something that happened when I was 10 years old. Hope this doesn't trigger anyone or anythong-
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Written on March 26, 2021
Submitted by just.a.poet on December 01, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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