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Institutionalized Existence

Minty Oliver 1999 (Oklahoma)

Free verse
Education, standardization, formatting. Check for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and structure.

The message has been compounded, crumpled, and rewritten to fit the guidelines. Who cares if it no longer reads the way it was intended?
Make it fit.

Our society demands education.
Education demands compliance.
Are we supposed to be learning how to exist in an institution?
Make us fit.

About this poem

I was tired of formatting my college essays, so I took a break to vent my frustration.

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Written on November 30, 2022

Submitted by mintyoctopusinc on November 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XA BXBA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 392
Words 67
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 4
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