Analysis of I was
I was told to be strong,
I was told to be good,
I was told to be,
All a woman should,
I was told to be silent,
I was told to be proud,
I was told I was anything I wanted,
if it was also something they'd allow
| Scheme | ABCBDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111111 11111 10101 1111110 111111 1111110110 1111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
A poem out of my book “a gentle mind smoldering” it reflects my personal struggle with womanhood.
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