Discouraged



I can never be a writer,
As words are not my skill;
I scribble and I scrawl,
But constantly hit a brick wall.

With no cheering on my team,
I may as well pack in my dream.
No one to cheer or give advice,
I may as well be counting rice.

With no encouragement,
And nothing to inspire;
I may as well crumple my pages,
And toss them in the fire.

For years and years I’ve really tried,
But to no avail;
It seems everything I write,
Is bound to fail.

About this poem

The reasons I stopped writing for many years.

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Written on November 01, 2010

Submitted by belindadobie on January 11, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBB CCDD XXXA XEXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 449
Words 109
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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