Analysis of Dear Younger Me...
Dear younger me, remember all the times you walked with your mom because her brain had undergone so much, what more was left?
My mom is deaf. She cannot hear
But her heart is one that loves and it’s clear.
Her laugh brings warmth but from where?
She’s been beaten, abused, and harmed to the point of no return.
But yet I became her concern.
Remember who you are?
Who am I?
My name is Iverson conformed by 7 letters.
My father was never there, so I taught myself, checkers.
My grandparents took me in, fed me
There is where my life began.
I was bullied for my color,
I felt as if I was chained, wearing a collar.
I once felt that I wasn’t enough.
That my laugh was obnoxious,
All of these thoughts from other people made me nauseous.
So I learned to be cautious.
Of my energy to act by what is right,
Not by my bursts of light
which were now suppressed into the night.
Dear, younger me don’t forget who you are.
Because In this world you are nothing but a star.
It may sound bizarre but you’ll find worth in who you are.
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHHIJFFKLLLMMMFFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010101111110101101111111 11111101 1011111011 0111111 111001011011101 11101001 010111 111 11110001110 1101101111110 11011011 1111101 11101110 111111110010 11111101 1111010 1111110101110 1111110 11100111111 111111 101010101 1101101111 010111110101 1110111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,029 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 785 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 199 |
About this poem
My name is Iverson and a friend told me to write a poem to younger me, I just started writing about a month ago and I can't wait to enter more contests.
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Written on April 19, 2022
Submitted by Whereisiverson on April 29, 2022
Modified on May 01, 2023
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