Analysis of Riddle, Riddle, Take a Guess!
I am hypocrisy, what am I?
I am angry, what am I?
I am judgemental, what am I?
I am disappointed, what am I?
I am moments of affection between moments of screams, what am I?
I am the imaginary thing holding a pillow to your face, what am I?
I am all the wrong things you seek, what am I?
I am the reason you hide in your room, what am I?
I am the monster that stole your dignity, what am I?
I am at no fault, what am I?
I am the eyes you see in the mirror, what am I?
Am I the one who gave you gave you life or took it?
Is your spirit free-flowing as it should, or shattered into pieces that not even you recognize?
I’ll give you a hint!
We share the same nose, who am I?
We share a face shape, who am I?
We share pupils, who am I?
We share a last name, who am I?
We share anger issues, who am I?
We share even our penmanship, who am I?
What are you without me?
Who is to say I didn’t give you life and take it?
Make your spirit and break it?
You are my copycat whether you like it or not.
Isn’t it such a silly little game we play?
Who am I?
Who am I?
Take a guess, don’t be shy!
I am you and you are me.
One day you will be your worst fear.
How silly to be afraid of your future.
Especially one you know is coming.
People become me all the time, it happens to the best of us.
You say “I am different, I am not like them!”
How naive, you are like us, if not worse.
What am I?
Who am I?
Take a guess!
I am the dread in your stomach,
The shame, the anger, that hate.
I am your blood.
Who am I?
They say there is nothing like the love of a father and daughter, how silly.
Who am I?
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Metre | 110100111 1110111 11010111 11010111 11101010011011111 1100100110010111111 11101111111 1101011011111 11010111100111 11111111 1101110010111 1101111111111 111011011111001101110110 11101 11011111 11011111 1110111 11011111 111010111 1110101111 111011 111111111011 1110011 111101011111 11101010111 111 111 101111 1110111 11111111 11011011110 010111110 1001110111010111 111110011111 111111111 111 111 101 11010110 0101011 1111 111 1111101011010010110 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,591 |
Words | 388 |
Sentences | 43 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 44 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 345 |
About this poem
This poem can be seen differently for each person. I truly just wrote what I felt at the time.
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by hannahcaraway213 on February 21, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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