Analysis of Am I?
Jesús R. Nara 1999 (Morelos)
I am a breeze that does not know how kind it is.
I am a cliff that does not know how close it is to the edge.
I am a gem that does not know how valuable it is.
I am a larva that does not know how to escape its cocoon.
I am a mountain that does not know how elevated it is.
I am a volcano that does not know how it has yet to erupt.
I am the twig unaware of how fragile it is.
I am the branch that does not know how much shade it provides.
I am the bark unaware of how scarred it is.
I am the trunk that does not know how much sap it has stored inside.
I am the leaf unaware of how green it is.
I am the tree that does not know how much it has grown.
I am the fruits that have hung on for too long.
I am the seeds that have fallen who look up in envy at those who have not.
I am the roots that have become accustomed to the darkness.
I am the flowers that have somehow managed to dance all throughout the night.
Scheme | AX AX AX AX AX AX XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111111111 110111111111101 11011111110011 1101011111101101 110101111110011 11001011111111101 110101111011 11011111111101 11010111111 1101111111111101 11010111111 1101111111111 11011111111 1101111011101011111 110111010101010 11010111101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 917 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
In this poem I attempt to answer the question, "who am I?" by critiquing myself and doing some deep reflection. I also tackle the internal struggles and contradictions that I have. Basically, I don’t know who I really am.
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