Analysis of Introducing Me to Myself



I write to find the pieces of myself that I have lost.

I write to define the pieces of myself, I have not yet found.

Between the lost and the found,

my true self has been forgotten.

Leaving aside a hollow shadow.

I see parts of myself in other people,

reminding myself I have given everything,

without expecting anything in return.

The satisfaction of that should fulfill my soul

or at least make up for it

Seeing the best in people has left me blind,

now I beg to see the best of me

I won’t be afraid

I’ll take back what I left in every step I took,

Building myself back together

I’ll lose myself to find me again,

I guess after all that’s who I am,

What I’ve lost and what I’ve not yet found.


Scheme X A A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X A
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111111 111010101111111 0101001 11111010 10010101 1111101010 0101111010 0101010001 00101110111 1111111 10010101111 111110111 11101 1111110100111 1011010 11111101 111011111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 723
Words 166
Sentences 6
Stanzas 18
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 8

About this poem

I wrote this poem a few years back and reading and reflecting on it now it is quite interesting and introspective.

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Written on October 24, 2015

Submitted by in12.ortiz on July 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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