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
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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Written on March 11, 2023

Submitted by Auliq-Ice on April 16, 2023

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