Analysis of Who Do I Think I am



Who do I think I am
I have a body yes.
That has caused problems!
In the waters of the womb impatient,
to flip down the birth canal and survive.
Determination deafening for a parent.
hammering that there must be
something more.
I have speech,
I love the way a voice carries a poem
vowels exchanged by the throat,
consonants like the wind
that sweeps over the landscape.
A friend told me I always have one
eye out the window
not sure what he meant but
maybe it’s the exit I must have.
This poem is not a confession I could go there
believe me the self-cherishing makes me blush .
I hate waste, especially of a life
like a father’s squander.
I hate plastic.  I REALLY HATE PLASTIC AND WAR.
I know I am just a species
no different from a bee
an ant on the hill with thousands, or a
leaf turning silver in the rain.
One day I will slip through
this dream, I expect an
amazing sensation.
All over the world there is
love in the human face.
when it comes to love
we are all Rock Stars.


Scheme ABCDEDFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTGUFVWXYMZ1 2 3
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 110101 11110 0010101010 1110101001 00101001010 1001111 101 111 11010110010 1001101 100101 111001 01111111 11010 111111 101010111 1101100101111 01101100111 111010101 101010 111011011001 11111010 1100101 1110111010 11010001 111111 111011 010010 1100111 100101 11111 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 988
Words 209
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 33
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 762
Words per stanza (avg) 193

About this poem

I wrote this poem as a prompt for a class I was giving. I always write with the class to see what happens.

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Written on June 16, 2022

Submitted by judithalison.adams on July 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Judith Aams

Bio Judith Adams is an English-born poet living on Whidbey Island, Washington State. Judith has published four books of poetry and recorded several CDs of her work and performances. She has two children’s books published by Wynstones Press in England. Her poems have been published in magazines and anthologies and her poetry choreographed for Eurythmy performance in New York State. Judith has taken poetry to patients at the Cancer Care Alliance, read at the Frye Museum, Bainbridge Island Museum, Spokane Museum of Art, Third Place Books in Seattle, Wa State Correctional Institutions, libraries, State Hospitals, theatres, retreat centers and schools. Judith conducts poetry workshops for youth and adults and most recently is leading a Poetic Apothecary at Healing Circles Langley, WA. Judith was selected for the Washington State Speakers Bureau for 2017-18 and has selected to speak for another two years 2019/20. more…

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