Analysis of Back To The Start



17.  I suddenly now have a boyfriend, friends that I know I can always trust, and two new dogs
It all feels to rushed and sudden but nice
I enjoy it now but I ultimately hope nothing goes wrong
16.  Two girls in gym seem really nice
I don’t tell them my dog had just died, I don’t even want to talk about it
I meet a nice boy
15.  I have a fun time with my friends the night before Halloween
But I always seem to set myself up for failure when I let them make me upset
I’m starting to think they don’t like me
14.  I adjust my mask as it itches my face
It’s awkward in my class of five
It’s been hard to get school work done since doing it online but I’m sure I’ll start working normal again soon
13.  I skip rocks with my two childhood neighbor friends and laugh over nonsense
It’s been a while since we hung out with just the three of us
The one boy mentions how we’re getting off of school because of some new disease
I hope we can be together like this more often
12. I think I’m starting to like this boy
I can’t be sure though since I’ve never actually liked anyone before
I refuse to tell any of my friends, they’ll make fun of me for sure
11. I start to notice kids are dressing more mature than me
I don’t think I’m going to wear headbands anymore, although I have like 30
I asked a girl to sign my yearbook and she said no, I didn’t realize other kids could be so mean
10.  Rumors have been going around that our grade has to watch “the video”
I don’t understand how girls can bleed everyday and not die
I don’t want to grow up
9.  This new game “Oreo” has been introduced into our school
Me and my friends always play it because if you lose you have to ask someone out
But our principal announced over the loudspeaker that they’re banning the game
We still play it
8.  I finally did a back handspring by myself
Though, it was when my gymnastics coach stopped spotting me
I didn’t know he was going to move his hand
I am now too scared to do a back  handspring
7.  This girl in dance won’t stop sashaying into me
It’s really getting on my nerves
6.  After my friend goes home I beg my dad if I could go down the sledding hill just one more time by myself
As I’m flying down the hill I smash my face directly into a tree once I reach the bottom
I screamed so loud I think the entire neighborhood heard me
My mom gave me an ice pop when I got home
5.
4.
3.  I start taking swimming lessons with my new friend Luke and his little sister Remy
I love learning how to swim but my swimming instructor scares me
2. My mom carries me into this white room
She sits me down next to these pretty flowers
I tilt my head down to look at them and I hear a click followed by a flash of light behind me
1.
0.


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJKLMNOEPQHRFSTUVWXDYHZCH1 Y2 H3 4 4 HH5 6 H4
Poetic Form
Metre 11001101111111110111 1111101011 1011111100011011 11011101 1111111111110111011 11011 11011111010101 1111111111011111101 110111111 10111111011 11001111 1111111111011111111010011 1111111101011010 11011111110111 0111010101110111101 1111101011110 111101111 11111111010011001 10111101111111111 11110111010111 111110111011111 11011111011111101011111 1011100111011110100 11011111101011 111111 111100110101101 101111101111111111 1101000110010111001 1111 1100101111 1111101011101 11111101111 1111111011 1101111011 11010111 1011111111111110101111111 111010111110100101111010 11111100101011 11111111111 1 1 111010101111101101010 1110111111001011 1110101111 11111111010 111111111011011010111011 1 1
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 2,762
Words 555
Sentences 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 48
Lines Amount 48
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 2,089
Words per stanza (avg) 560

About this poem

Each line is a year of my life starting from 17 and ending at 0. I tell the most memorable thing that happened to me that year, whether it be meaningful or just something simple I happened to remember.

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by 20246284 on January 20, 2024

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