Analysis of I want to be free



Am I all alone, not allowed to be free
When I walk into a room why does it feel like everyone is staring at me
I repeat in my mind that I cant change myself
Only place what I want to display on a bookshelf

If you heard my everlasting tears that I cry
You would know my problems weren’t small but life-size
You would understand that I am in pain
And that these situations feel like they flood my brain

I sit on the shower floor
Only waiting for a new door
And that is to be pushed through
Feeling as though I am stuck to the rough ground with glue

School is meant to be where you learn and make friends
But all I learn is how to control myself and not let loose on the problems that I need to cleanse
The day goes too slow
Only to get repeated in the daylight that may show

When you feel love it is meant to shine
But then it only gets broken into pieces over time
I should be happy with who I am
But I can’t because of the flaws I can point out and damn

I am so far through
But there is still more to lay onto you
I can’t speak without fearing something is wrong
But I get told over and over again that I need to be strong

I want to be free
but how can I be
When the tables keep turning
And i don’t know which way because my stomach keeps churning

I get the blame
And it feels like a burning flame
Like taucher that keeps going
And suddenly my glass is overflowing

If my life was a box
And my problems were represented by rocks
That box would be full
But the spaces between could be a handful

I remember my worth
In which I am on this earth
Where happiness is the secret ingredient
Of being resilient

To put it all in a nutshell I want to be free
And I can be
I just need to find the confidence I need
And not hold onto things until I bleed


Scheme AABB XXCC DDEE XXFF XXGG EEHH AAII JJII KKLL MMNN AAOO
Poetic Form Quatrain  (73%)
Metre 11101101111 1110101111111011011 10101111111 101111101101 11110101111 11111011111 110111101 011010111111 1110101 10101011 0111111 1011111101111 11111111011 11111110110111101011111 01111 1011010001111 111111111 111101100110101 111101111 11101101111101 11111 1111111101 11101101011 11111001001111111 11111 11111 1010110 01111101110110 1101 01110101 1101110 0100111100 111101 0110001011 11111 1010011101 101011 0111111 110010100100 110010 111100111111 0111 11111010011 0111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,760
Words 374
Sentences 1
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 44
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

It is about my life and how I feel.

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Written on January 11, 2022

Submitted by abiancott1 on January 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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