Analysis of A Person Within A Shell
I am a person within a shell
It can feel like hell
For I am trapped within
I don’t know where to begin
I can’t release my thoughts or ideas
I don’t think many thoughts are ideal
I am a person within a shell
I have no one else I can tell
For I can’t express my emotions
Sometimes my feelings are like a locomotion
They spin in many directions that makes to many emotions
I am a person within a shell
It feels as if I fell into a well
My mind goes all over the place
It makes me feel I need my own space
I sometimes feel trapped
Sometimes I feel I need a decompression wrap
I am a person within a shell
That doesn’t work to well
I can see and hear somethings
I wish that I could do everything
It isn’t easy being a person trapped within a shell
| Scheme | Aabbxx Aacxc Aaddxx Aaxxa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110100101 11111 111101 1111101 1101111010 111101101 110100101 11111111 111011010 01110110010 1101001011110010 110100101 1111110101 11111001 111111111 10111 01111100101 110100101 11111 111011 11111110 11101001010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 762 |
| Words | 162 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
This is dedicated to my special needs students when I was a sped paraprofessional.
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Written on October 04, 2020
Submitted by sued.42173 on July 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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