Analysis of EGOTISM
Sometimes I just want to scream
So that I can return my life
To when life was uncomplicated
When it was just you and me and the kids
not the other woman
Nor the myriads of events that have
come between us and our marital woes unfold
Those things that have come in between us
indecisions
indecisiveness
delusions
instilled with the fabrications that is our marriage
I want out of them
But I need courage, I need the will
Because it has to begin with me,
The Id
The Ego
The self
All crying out to be heard
Will somebody listen?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHDHIJKLMCNOPE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 0111111 11110111 11110100 1111101001 101010 10110111 1011010100101 111110011 1 01000 010 0110010111010 11111 111101101 011110111 01 010 01 1101111 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
About this poem
Again this is one of the poems written about over 30 years ago when I was going through the throes of a marriage breakup but keeping up appearances inspite of the problems I was going through.
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Written on August 20, 1999
Submitted by taminator2016 on January 16, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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