Analysis of Capital I
For years I wrote poetry with a lower case i
To show everyone how small I felt,
To proclaim my humility in a world of arrogance,
To display my meekness to God,
To show the words were as powerful as i,
and they were.
They were the softball sized cyst on my tailbone,
They were the granite, the planet,
if I fell--when I fell, lost gravity.
And so i was tiny, so was my voice
I read like I shook,
Looking for someone to save me,
Tell me the words were dope.
They could see through my absence
and frantically feel the despair,
because everything was there.
The kit and the kabooble,
The meow and the mix.
Scheme | ABCDAEFGHIJHKCLLMN |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111100101011 11101111 101101000011100 1011111 11010110011 010 100111111 10010010 1111111100 0111101111 11111 1011111 110101 1111110 010001001 011011 01001 001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 465 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
- 35 sec read
- 4 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Capital I" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/67731/capital-i>.
Discuss this Patrick James Muldowney poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In