Analysis of DROWNING IN CONTRADICTION



My spirit is nothing short of a contradiction,

I say spirit because the suit is merely a constriction,

So tell me why I look for joy in sad songs,

Why do I have to drown myself to breathe?

I hate rules but never once break them,

I hate the shackles of structures but I am lost without them,

I can fix a million broken hearts but never mine,

Tell me why my calm demeanor is infiltrated by the darkest thoughts.

I am a wild soul always forced into a myriad of boxes,

A vintage spirit finds itself in a modern world of boxes,

A lady should not do this or say that like the soul has a gender,

I can't stand up for myself so they fit the suit in a box but my spirit runs wild.

So I end up a misfit that's also a perfect fit for each lock,

A seamless voice that never got a beat to rock,

A romantic that never took a chance at love,

Just a complicated puzzle I keep trying to solve.


Scheme A A X X B B X X C C X X D D X X
Poetic Form
Metre 110110110010 111001011100010 11111111011 111111111 111110111 110101101111011 1110101011101 11111010101010101 1101111010100110 0101010100101110 01011111111011010 11111111101001111011 1111011100011111 010111010111 001011010111 1010010111011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 897
Words 215
Sentences 4
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

This poem captures a deep sense of inner conflict and the struggle to reconcile various aspects of oneself with societal expectations.

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Submitted by Liza.Njeri1 on April 28, 2024

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