Analysis of My shell
My shell is very dear to me,
Like a mother to her suckling child,
It gives me comfort in a world wild.
My shell is very dear to me,
Like a father to his female child,
It protects me from public ridicule.
My shell is very dear to me,
Like a considerate spouse,
It gives me respite so I don't trespass.
My shell is very dear to me,
And so so bad to me.
It prevents me from living a complete life,
By feeding my illusions and giving me subtle suicide.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 101010101 111100011 11110111 10101111 101111010 11110111 1001001 111101111 11110111 011111 10111100011 110101001011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
A celebration of an introvert leaving "my shell" in order to begin a more socially active life.
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