Analysis of With Mess



I am a bit okay with mess.
I like the fit of life with less.
Wrinkled clothes with creases.
Shoes with grooves, tears, and untied laces.
I’ll take the fruit that bears a bruise.
A pre-used suit with naught to lose.
And if I must, I’d have to say,
“You eat the crust, I’ll go and play”
Some have said that life is short.
That soon you’re dead you’ll lie in dirt.
But no. I’d guess that life is wide.
I own this mess, I will not hide.


Scheme AABCDDEEFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 11011111 101110 111100110 11011101 01111111 01111111 11011101 1111111 11111101 11111111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 457
Words 98
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 319
Words per stanza (avg) 88

About this poem

I wrote this poem in the midst of my messy life, house, and family. I wrote it to remind myself that it is mine and it is good.

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Written on March 29, 2022

Submitted by ericd.07200 on April 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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