Analysis of I Am A Survivor



They call me a survivor, a gladiator, a god dam wizard,
I have walked miles through the desolate Forrests,
Surrounded by nature’s breath,
The battles raging in my mind forever, I will win this war,

Stars shining through the broken branches of ageing trees,
The moon hiding its dark side and portraying a light that isn’t his,
Wolves howling to a false god.

Even the fat man that calls once a year can not judge me,
Sitting in his chair eating himself into a diabetic coma,
Who are you to judge me?
I am the King Kong of this planet full of chimps,
I will climb to the top of my insecurities and defeat the voices surrounding my head.

I take this back pack and hitchhike to a place in my past,
Where I shall Sit and dine with my demons,
Sharing my wine like the last super,
I will create a new memory,
The thief can no longer steal the pictures from my mind,
Trying to leave me with just a feeling of hatred but no recollection as to why!

They call me a survivor, a god dam wizard.
For I have created a world where I am no longer phased,
By the soul eating dementors that are my insecurities,

I am the moon’s light that will guide you,
It is mine,
If you are walking through the desolate trees,
know that it is my breath you feel and my light you see.
I will guide you,
For I am a survivor, I am a god dam wizard.


Scheme ABXX BBX CXCBX XBXCXX AXB DXBBDA
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010010001110 1111101001 0101101 0101001101011111 110101010111 0110111001001111 1101011 10011111011111 10011100101001010 111111 110111110111 11110111010000101001011 1111101101011 1111011110 101110110 110101100 0111101010111 101111101011011010111 111001001110 111010011111101 1011011110100 110111111 111 11110101001 1111111101111 1111 11100101101110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,304
Words 259
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 5, 6, 3, 6
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted by RickyBerry on January 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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