Analysis of Selfish
Am I really selfish?
I have nothing more to give.
But I think I'll go to hell if,
I go and top myself.
The problem is I'm there though,
It's really not that great,
Losing of your feelings,
While filling up with hate,
The problem as I see it,
Is that I'm already here,
And if I go and top myself,
I’ll just go over there.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIDJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 1110111 11111111 11011 0101111 110111 101110 110111 0101111 1110101 0111011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
I struggled with isolation through lockdown, while going through a 16 month grievance process / employment tribunal for reporting racism and bigotry. I turned to writing poems after quitting the job due to lack of action by the company. A true story and unfortunately I have the court documents to prove it.
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