Analysis of My identity
Ask me my name and I'll pronounce it with funny accent,
My clothing is of a foreign breed to boost my rank,
Don't take my language so seriously, it is second class,
Discard my food, yours tastes better, will you teach me?
Why do I find it difficult to stand for me?
And why should I not be taken so not seriously?
Even in my home the truth is glaring to an infant
Our culture is not celebrated, so get over it quickly.
Culture as the future, present and history is now history,
I'm just being “born again” into some new culture,
Some hybrid I must be, I can't wait to see my outcome,
Let me guess, identity crisis whilst colleagues age gracefully.
| Scheme | XXXA AAXA AXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101111001 1101101011111 111101100011101 011111101111 111111001111 01111110111000 10011011101110 1010111001110110 10101010010011100 1110101011110 1101111111111 1110100101101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 640 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on April 02, 2017
Modified on April 17, 2023
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