Analysis of I Am A Caterpillar
ApenandapadisallIneed 1972 (Hamilton OH)
I am a caterpillar.......
I've inched along in life towards my elevation
Taking what life threw at me and surviving my storms with grace and dignity
Accepting the only love that I thought would be there for me
Being played with to the brink of death
Praying for the sight of a new day
I hid away from the world for sometime trying to find myself and embrace the changes that came into my life
Even while locked away I weathered storms continuing to morph into a better ME
Learning to put ME first and giving myself all the love that I deserved
Alone but not lonely
Seeing the worth others wouldn't see
Respecting my individuality
Embracing being unique
Discovering that I was created to create
And I do it passionately
Emerging with a spirit so bright that the sun has trouble out shining it
Able to explore my world with the wonder of newly born eyes
Soaring to higher heights
With each beat of my beautiful wings
Gliding towards my goals with determination and the efficiency to meet, then succeed in accomplishing each one
Gaining what I shall pass on, Wisdom
Elegant in motion, poetry will be written abt me
Children will imitate me
Art will be made picturing me
And with my image Love will bloom
And I will adorn the lives of many
Lifting spirits, bringing on a smile
Healing hearts
For I was once a caterpillar inching my way thru life until I decided to change
Now a magnificent butterfly I will remain
Scheme | ABCCDEFCGCCCHICJKLMBNCCCOCPQRS |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110100 110101011010 1011111001011110100 010010111111111 101110111 101011011 11011011110111001010110111 1011011101010011010101 10111101011011101 011110 100110101 0101000100 0101001 0100111010101 01111000 0101010111011101101 1010111101011011 101101 111111001 10011110010000100111010010011 101111110 100010100111011 101101 11111001 01110111 0110101110 101010101 101 111101001011110111011 100100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,404 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 257 |
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Submitted by ApenandapadisallIneed on April 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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