Analysis of Outsider
Where I sit
to eat
Where I go
to commiserate.
My colleagues are there.
Commaraderie is happening.
There is no chair for me.
For me, there is no welcome.
The club,
I am not a member.
All aspiration of respect
has quickly become an ember.
Should I cry?
No, but I do.
Will I be OK?
I should be, but I am not.
As I look around,
is there anywhere else?
Where else should I be?
There is nowhere else. I am an outsider.
| Scheme | XXXX XXAX XBXB XXXX XXAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (35%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 111 11 111 1010 11011 11100 111111 1111110 01 111010 1010101 11001110 111 1111 11111 1111111 11101 11101 11111 1111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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The lunch table at work
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