Analysis of I’m Sorry

Ava Pheil 2010 (Minnesota)



I’ve spent my whole life,
Just trying to fit in,
But time after time,
I miserably fail,
People look at me like I’m a penguin in the Sahara desert, or a fish out of water, I don’t belong,
And damn, how the shoe has never fit any better.

My peers stare at and whisper about me,
I walk with my head down hoping I’m not noticed in the crowd,
But each time, I’m easily pointed out,
I’ve spent numerous nights, crying myself to sleep,
I have shed my tears because of you,
And yet you continue to stomp on me like an empty soda can,
Each interaction is slowly inching me closer to suicide,
And all I can help to think is,
Maybe things would be better if I just disappeared.

Adults nag at me, saying I’m not hated,
But they will never know what it feels like to have people groan because they’ve been paired with you,
Or laugh because their friends are in a group with you.

No matter how hard I try,
I can’t do or say anything to change things,
All I can say is I’m sorry,
I’m sorry I wanted to be included,
I’m sorry I walked past you,
I’m sorry I looked at you,
I’m sorry I spoke to you,
I’m sorry I sat next to you,
I’m sorry I added to your statement,
I’m sorry I don’t look like a vogue model in the magazines,
I’m sorry I simply exist.


Scheme XXXXXX AXXXBXXXX CBB XXACBBBBXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 110110 11101 110001 1011111010000101010111101101 0110111011010 1111010011 111111101110001 1111100101 11100110111 111110111 01101011111110101 101011010110110 01111111 101111011101 01111101110 1111011111111010111111 110111100111 1101111 1111110111 11111110 11011011010 1101111 1101111 1101111 11011111 1101101110 110111101100010 11011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,276
Words 278
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 9, 3, 11
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 233
Words per stanza (avg) 62

About this poem

I wrote this poem about how I feel in school for a Slam Poem contest for school for semi finals in hopes to get me to finals.

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Written on March 14, 2024

Submitted by Avapheil on March 15, 2024

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Ava Pheil

I am 14, I have 3 siblings; two older and one younger, I just got into poetry for fun. I am a singer/songwriter, I play the drums, guitar, and some piano. more…

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