Analysis of I Built a Wall



When I was young, I learned to build
A wall though I was never skilled
At making something strong enough
To keep away the things too tough
So, I would then rebuild.

I hid my dreams and every fear
Behind the wall when life came near;
All that I never could control
That seemed to touch my very soul
And knew that I was here!

All things of life that came to call,
Tried very hard to scale my wall
Or go around the many bricks
I found inside my bag of tricks.
A few of them did fall!

The wall is very tall and wide
With so much of my life to hide
Not due to something wrong with me,
But what I don't want all to see,
Perhaps because of pride.


Scheme AABBA CCDDX EEFFE GGHHG
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 11111111 01111101 11010101 11010111 111101 111101001 01011111 11110101 11111101 011111 11111111 11011111 11010101 11011111 011111 01110101 11111111 11110111 11111111 010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 642
Words 144
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

Life can be tough; real or imagined!

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Written on April 14, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on April 14, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on April 14, 2024

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