Analysis of Value

Aasiyah 2006 (USA)



Reality isn't what it seems,
but it's not like a mirror

Although, my life does reflect me,
at least I can't see her

Because I'm full of darkness,
even on a sunny day

You know, I kind of like it that way.

A man puts his label, and a man decides it's worth,
and a man decides what's better, and a man decides what's worse

And no man loves me beyond what he can see;
no man loves me

And that's easy to see

If I had value, this equation called life
would solve my problems,
because I would be a number

Instead of number zero,
maybe number one

Or an infinity of numbers,
just for fun


Scheme XA BA XC C XX BB B XXA XD XD
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 1111010 1111011 111110 0111110 1010101 111111111 011110001111 0011110001111 01111011111 1111 011011 11110101011 11110 01111010 0111010 10101 110100110 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 587
Words 135
Sentences 2
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

He told me.. "There's some value in it." Of course you'd know.

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Written on June 12, 2022

Submitted by on June 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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