Analysis of Why me?
Why me?
for I have mistreated you
I have pulled at the hollow roots that deceive you
I have abandoned you
and placed you without a comforting night to hold onto
I have excluded you from my eyelids
how heavy they are already
my heart not whole enough to carry
or to survive through
only touched but not seen
for these eyes would burn
for there would be no more of me
to the blood in my arms, you must lift me
the silent fire would bite
Why me?
for I am average
with full lips and soft skin
a mouth with drowning passion
a sacred body that seems light
but never empty
cold eyes, warm eyes, closed eyes, scary
a lively opening to your hard lust
caressing touch and wet tongue
if only I had more
this sacred fairytale
this parallel world of color, of diversity
but of course, I am only
the sweetest dream you may never wake up to
Scheme | Abbbbxaabxxaac Axxxcaaxxxxaab |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 1110101 111101011011 110101 01101010011110 110101111 11011010 111101110 11011 101111 11111 11111111 1010111111 0101011 11 111100 111011 0111010 01010111 11010 11111110 0101001111 0101011 110111 11010 110111010100 1111110 01011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 14 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 328 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on November 30, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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