Analysis of P.O.V.



You see a junkie, I see
Low self-esteem.
  You see a problem, I see someone
Swimming against the stream.

You see a cocaine fiend, I see
Pain and fear.
  You see an inmate, I see
A bum-steer.

You see an alcoholic, I see
Social-anxiety.
  You see a loser, I see
Future sobriety.

You see an addict, I see
Someone's child.
  You see a disgrace, I see someone
Whose problems compiled.

You see a prostitute, I see someone
Caught in addiction.
  You see a jail bird, I see
Their conviction.

You see a self-centered person,
I see the disease.
  You see death,
I see someone ill at ease.

You see a pill head,
I see someone in pain.
  You see no hope, I see
Someone caught in the rain.

You see a lost cause, I see
A willingness to change.
  You see someone evil, I see
The exchange.

You see denial, I see
Someone willing to try.
  You see them in hell, I see
A person reaching for the sky.

You see a dope-fiend, I see
A new soul.
  You see a creature, I see the
Way out of the hole.

You see a lost person,
I see their heart.
  You see the end,
I see a new start.


Scheme ABCB ADAD AAAA AECE CCAC CFXF XGAG AHAH AIAI AJXJ CKXK
Poetic Form Quatrain  (91%)
Metre 1101011 1101 11010111 100101 11001111 101 111111 011 11101011 100100 1101011 100100 1110111 11 11001111 11001 11010111 10010 1101111 1010 11011010 11001 111 111111 11011 11101 111111 11001 1101111 010011 1111011 001 1101011 11011 1110111 01010101 1101111 011 11010110 11101 110110 1111 1101 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,104
Words 248
Sentences 23
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 44
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

It is about the way you perceive people and situations. Each set of eyes sees something different. What do you see?

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Written on May 21, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on May 21, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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