Analysis of I wish you loved me

Hasan Johnson 1980 (Peoria Illinois)



I always wanted your approval
In everything I did
Your only compliment is that I’m your worst kid
You never should have had me is what you would say
You would ask God why you had me every day
I know I disappointed you
You made sure I knew that
You taught every body that I’m who their disrespect should be aimed at
I struggle sometimes to get out of bed
I can hear all the ignorance dancing in my head
All the whippings all the pain
The horrible nickname
I wish you loved me
I know you brought me in this world
Maybe I’m naive
What if love is pain
Then you wouldn’t be wrong for doing all those strange things
You’d be excused then for hitting me in the mouth or pushing me on the floor or beating me every morning as if you were the alarm clock kicking in the bedroom door


Scheme ABBCCDEEFFGHIJKGLM
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 01011 110100111111 110111111111 111111111001 1110101 111111 11100101111011111 1100111111 1111010010011 101101 01001 11111 11111011 1011 11111 111111101111 110111101001110110111011001011100011100011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 794
Words 165
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 614
Words per stanza (avg) 155

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Written on March 28, 2023

Submitted by HasanM.Johnson on March 28, 2023

Modified on April 03, 2023

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