Analysis of Perceptions
Jennifer Schneider 1981
Easily influenced by what others
Say, think and feel.
Confuses me to believe what’s
Known to be real.
Thoughts of how others would perceive me,
Is constantly on my mind.
So I tend to be someone else instead of
Being one of a kind.
The person that I would represent is
Not really me.
Just acting as the person that they all
Want me to be.
Concerned if others will like me if I don’t
Do what they say.
That is why I portray the person that they
Want a certain way.
Too many years have passed as I have been
Who I am not.
Finally appreciating who I really am, and
All that I’ve got.
| Scheme | XAXA BCXC XBXB CDDD XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (35%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1001001110 1101 01011010 1111 111101011 1100111 1111111011 101101 010111011 1101 1101010111 1111 01110111111 1111 11110101011 10101 1101111111 1111 1000100111010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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