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
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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