Analysis of I am Legion
I am Legion
Last I was Jabez
For I came through hell,
But now I am Vicky
Cause I came out strong.
I became Jenny
To escape Old Scratch
Who broke me, who shattered me,
So I got born again,
Again and again.
Now I am a woman being
But I can be a cutie thing.
Sometimes I am, it's guardian gel
Other times I am, just a monk.
Take me as I am,
Love me as you can,
For I came through hell, one
Of a kind.
Where they reduced my flesh
But never my soul.
Scheme | A XBCXCXCDDEEBXXXAXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1110 1111 11111 111110 11111 10110 10111 1111101 111101 01001 11101010 1111011 011111001 10111101 11111 11111 111111 101 110111 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 447 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 19 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired by a lady featured in Australia's sixty minutes by the name of Jenny. She had a multiple personality disorder ( much more than 1000 personalities) as a result of the trauma she suffered as very young child in the hands of her father, who abused her consistently, raping her on daily basis.
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by MasterPoet on January 25, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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