Analysis of I Remember
I remember
my short, blonde curls
bouncing while I ran
I remember
the feeling of talking
way too fast for any man
"Slow down," they said
I remember
the feeling
crushing me down
As a young child
I can see in my mind
The light behind my eyes
slowly leaving
I remember
So many people
telling me "You need to calm down"
When all I wanted
was to run
I remember
the feeling weighing on my heart
When I should
Have been weightless
Crying, screaming
because no one could possibly understand
I remember
every 3 months
seeing the doctor
I thought it was normal
It was only when I started getting looks
when I told people
Where I always was
"That must be hard"
I remember
the feeling
that I am not the norm
and I remember
when I realized
not every kid had to
walk to the school office
to take a pill every day
I remember
growing up
I was a spaz
a weirdo
a loser
I remember the cruelty
of those around me who could not possibly understand
I REMEMBER
the feeling
but I don't remember much
I REMEMBER
so many tears
wondering why
I wasn't enough
I remember the medication
I remember
sobbing
I remember
SCREAMING
HURTING MY LUNGS
to get someone
This wasn't me
The medication wasn't me
IT ISN'T ME
I remember
growing up
I remember
Making a choice
I remember
the days
coming off of my meds
I remember failing my class
I remember
failing that
was failing myself
I remember
that all I proved
was that I could not be good without it
I remember
My short, blonde curls
bouncing as I ran
I remember being innocent
before the end
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (48%) |
Metre | 1010 1111 10111 1010 010110 1111101 1111 1010 010 1011 1011 111011 010111 1010 1010 11010 10111111 11110 111 1010 01010111 111 1110 1010 0111110001 1 1010 1001 10010 111110 11101110101 11110 1111 1111 1010 010 111101 01010 1110 1100111 110110 11011001 1010 101 1101 010 010 1010010 1101111110001 1010 010 1110101 1010 1101 1001 11001 10100010 1010 10 1010 10 1011 111 1101 0010101 1101 1010 101 1010 1001 1010 01 101111 10101011 1010 101 1101 1010 1111 1111111011 1010 1111 10111 101010100 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 2,030 |
Words | 323 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 20, 8, 7, 3, 7, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 5, 4, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 85 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
I grew up in a world of appointments and medication due to my ADHD. Trying to navigate a world that didn’t , or couldn’t understand me felt lonely at times.
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