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Alien

Abigail Adumah 2009 (Ikeja, Lagos)

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They know me well
But no one knows
My name
I am a boring
Dumb and speechless
Alien

Outside of me there is a world
Where I do not matter
Where even I
Do not know I am
I am Alienated
From the world
From myself

In the world inside
I am loved
By everyone
I am an angel
My name is Thinker
But to the world outside
I am but an Alien

About this poem

The poem conveys the idea of people locking themselves up in their minds and not relating with the outside world.

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Written on June 11, 2022

Submitted by abbieadumah on September 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXA BCXXXBX DXAXCDA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 328
Words 75
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 7, 7
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