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inadequate

Auburn Meister Barnes 1997

inadequate: the first word to come to mind
when i say my name

insufficient
unsatisfactory

i am not enough

i do not do enough

it is never enough

incompetent

nobody sees the effort
nobody sees the pain
nobody sees…

me

About this poem

This poem is about never feeling like you are enough for anyone.

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Submitted by ameisterbarnes on March 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX A A A XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 224
Words 47
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3
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