Analysis of Reflecting On Myself



I sometimes get the feeling, that I myself need
healing. That possibly I am the one, who's yet
to overcome, why I feel so numb. I can't
remember when, I felt whole again. I've been
through so much pain, even as I danced out in
the rain, I knew my life would never be the
same. I try hard to disregard the fact that I am
alone. I have come to the conclusion that I'll
never feel at home. That is how I was thinking
every day, by my thinking this way, I was
keeping my dreams at bay. Life is hard to live
with a negative mind. Every day you need to
find, a way to have the time, to discover
yourself a sign. A sign why you are alive. A
reason to survive. When you look at the big
picture, who are we to differ, that a positive
mind leads to a happy one. And when you
realize that you've won.


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Poetic Form
Metre 10110101111 101100110111 1101111111 01011110111 11111011110 01111111010 111110101111 011111001011 101111111110 100111101111 10111111111 1010011001111 10111011010 010101111010 10101111101 1011111010100 1110101011 10111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 805
Words 179
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 597
Words per stanza (avg) 163

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Self-reflection

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Written on July 19, 2022

Submitted by melissac.91439 on July 27, 2022

Modified on March 15, 2023

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Melissa Calcote

Widowed single mother trying her best every day. I grew up in Southern CA, and now live in OR. I have three amazing children and have been writing poetry for almost 22 years now. more…

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