Analysis of The New Me
Today I feel like a new me arisen from old rubble
Of all the evil and abuse I underwent;
The fast lanes of life's changed me,
I am living life anew, going through the motions
When the going got tough and tougher,
I said,
'I will turn me now,
Around.'
The trollings, the bashings
On Twitter or Facebook;
Shake me no more,
This is the new me, I can't be bothered.
My ex-half posted pictures online
Of our most sacred intimacy;
To get even with me, or so I thought,
The person I'd loved once, can be so heartless?
When the going got tough and tougher,
I said,
'I will turn me now,
Around.'
That spouse who never cared
That person who left me for someone new
What care did that half have for me then?
Why should I care about that half now?
I write few lines now at night
Got a new day job to do - a fight;
But I know I am happier now,
Got my old feelings back - for somebody new.
Like the old banyan trunk, mature and strong
That cannot be moved or bent;
I too have gotten thick-skinned now, my bones stronger,
You can't criticize me no more, move me to tears!
I am no more vulnerable as I was
No more I wear my emotions on my face;
Life is all about moving on, I've learned,
This is the new me - the old me is dead now.
When the going gets tough again,
I said,
'I will turn me now,
Around.'
Scheme | xabc DEFG chxx xbxx DEFG xijf kkfi hadx xxxf jEFG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
Metre | 011110110101110 11010001101 0111111 1110101101010 101011010 11 11111 01 0101 11011 1111 1101111110 11110101 1101101000 1110111111 01011111110 101011010 11 11111 01 111101 110111111 111111111 111101111 1111111 101111101 111111001 1111011101 1011010101 1101111 111101111110 11101111111 11111000111 11111010111 1110110111 11011011111 10101101 11 11111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,248 |
Words | 264 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on July 08, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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