Analysis of DROWNING IN CONTRADICTION
Elizabeth Njeri Waweru 1991 (Naivasha)
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 |
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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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