Analysis of To See the World Through Others’ Eyes
Oscar Auliq-Ice 1994 (Port Elizabeth)
Once I thought I knew it all,
My mind was set, my pride stood tall.
But then a shift, a change of heart,
And suddenly my world fell apart.
What once was clear, now seemed obscure,
The things I knew, I was no longer sure.
My stubbornness had kept me blind,
But now I see, a new path to find.
The walls I built, they start to crumble,
As my heart beats with a new humble.
I learn to listen, to empathize,
To see the world through others' eyes.
With open arms, I welcome change,
No longer afraid to rearrange.
For growth and love, I strive to find,
A new way of life, with an open mind.
So here I stand, a changed person,
With a new heart, a different version.
And though the road ahead is unknown,
I walk it proudly, on a path I've grown.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111 11111111 11010111 010011101 11111101 0111111101 11001111 111101111 011111110 111110110 11110110 11011101 11011101 11001101 11011111 0111111101 11110110 1011010010 010101101 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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