Analysis of Stay Away

Jennifer Kahanek 1972 (TX)



Stay away
Stay away

Stay inside
    I need to
Stay inside

Who am I
Why do I

Don’t want to leave
You make me

Don’t want to be you
Don’t have to be you

Stay away
Stay away

Me stay me
Me stay me

Stay Away
Stay Away


Scheme AA BcB dd xe cc AA EE AA
Poetic Form
Metre 101 101 101 111 101 111 111 1111 111 11111 11111 101 101 111 111 101 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 203
Words 48
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on February 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jennifer Kahanek

I was published in 1986 through Poetry.com. I have several poems on this website. I am a disabled photographer. more…

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