Analysis of You Don't Own Me
Kenya Stephens 1995 (Van Wert)
Thought you could keep me trapped in that small cage?
You really thought that I wouldn't find my worth?
That I would just rely on you financially?
Not even one thought came to your mind that I would begin to love myself again.
Now here we are with my chest out and my head high in the sky.
I make my own money!
I don't feel so God damn useless.
I look in the mirror and I can say that I finally made it.
I did this.
Did it with tears in my eyes, negative thoughts running in my mind, and riding my bike there and back.
Yes, it took this long but if no one will say it I will.
I am proud of me!
Came a long way from Hell.
No more controlling everything I do, say, or think.
I am my own person.
I told you I would come back on top.
Mount Everest don't have shit on me!
You don't own me!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110111 11011110111 111101110100 1101111111110111101 111111110111001 111110 11111110 11001001111110011 111 111101110011001101011101 11111111111111 11111 101111 110101011111 111110 111111111 110011111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 785 |
| Words | 183 |
| Sentences | 19 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 592 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 166 |
About this poem
I wrote this today as I am over being second place. I have finally found my worth and it's not going anywhere!
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Written on March 22, 2022
Submitted by kenya_s on March 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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