Defined
Lanetta Forney 1972 (TN)
What defines you?
Is it money? Is it fame?
Is it people who know your name?
Are you moved by nature or the nature of others?
How deep does your passion flow?
How often does your desire sow results?
What is your name by a standard society?
Does the world know or acknowledge the true you?
Is the world dependent on your perspective?
Can people follow your soul’s directive?
Who are you to tell me who I am?
Worldly shelves that I am put on by the job that I toil for
And the dwelling in which I live.
Do these things tell you who; or, what you are?
When are you defined?
Who says the definition is correct?
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Lanetta Forney
About this poem
This poem was written by the poet after realizing the poet has never been truly seen.
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Submitted by lanetta_f on July 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | A B B X X X X A C C X X X X X X |
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| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 158 |
| Stanzas | 16 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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