Analysis of Reflection
It was not I who wasn’t strong
Not I who wasn’t brave
It was not I who did believe the negative things you say
It was not me
It was not me who you looked down at as you screamed
Get your shit together
Stop being so lazy
You’re foolish
You’re worthless
You’ll never be enough
It was not I who you meant those things to be said to
It was the person in the mirror you meant to say those nasty things to
It was not I who you belittled
Shamed
And didn’t trust
It was you who had issues
Of feeling lost and corrupt
It was I, it was me
Who has been fine all along
Your words were sent from others
Who told you that you were wrong
It never was I, nor me, you felt that way about
It was you, who always suffered with feelings of
Self doubt
It was I, it was me,
Who didn’t know the truth
Until I looked within
Until I realized
It was not I, it was you.
Scheme | axx bxxbxxx cc xxx xx Baxa dxd Bxxxc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 11111 111111010100111 1111 111111111111 111010 110110 110 110 110101 1111111111111 110100010111111011 111111010 1 011 1111110 1101001 111111 1111101 1101110 1111101 1101111111101 11111101101 11 111111 11101 011101 01110 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 195 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 7, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This is about someone being verbally abusive and realizing the reason their hate is given is actually because they are insecure and hurting themselves.
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Written on September 02, 2022
Submitted by Ctrace1990 on September 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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