Analysis of Inappropriate
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Kelley, you're being inappropriate
What I heard, shut your mouth kid
Don't speak up
Don't defend yourself
Don't question adults
Kelley, you talk too much
Ok, I'll shut up. I'll never speak again.
They hate me, everyone does
No one wants to listen to me, especially authority
No one wants to back me up
I'm always now looking for the flaws in systems
Some of them have no flaws
But I look at the leadership and look for bad things
I'm sick of feeling like a bad little boy
It's making me physically sick
I don't like being hated for defending myself and speaking my mind
I don't like being negative, but what would you do if you were so persecuted, mistreated, victimized and used as I was?
I didn't know how else to react, mother. This is all I know how to do
Yell into the ether until someone shuts me down and tells me to shut up
Make inappropriate comments, share too much, and sabotage my relationships
It's all a cry for help and understanding
For someone else to feel what I've felt
For someone to recognize that what I've been through is extremely painful and wrong
Yes, there is no such thing as a victim, but there is such a thing as pain
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100100 1111111 111 10101 11001 101111 11111110101 111101 111110110100100 1111111 11110101010 111111 111101001111 11110101101 110110001 11110101010101011 1111010011111110110001010001111 1101111011011111111 101010011111011111 10100101110101010 1101110010 11111111 111101111110101001 111111101011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,192 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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