Analysis of Taking My Power Back
For years,
I could never fathom
your hatred towards me.
You made the air smell like sulphur,
And my heart bleed.
But I gave you that power,
But now I’m taking my power back.
For years,
After leaving school
I didn’t recognize my reflection
In the mirror,
I didn’t feel like ‘me’ anymore,
I hated who I was
Because of you.
I gave you my power. I gave you my strength.
I gave you the power to kick me down.
I gave you my spirit,
I gave you my confidence
I gave you my heart
On a silver platter.
I wish I hadn’t given you the power
To bully me.
I wish I found my voice,
And stood up to you.
I wish I hadn’t given you the power.
But I’m taking my power back.
I’m taking my power back
Because I am destined for greatness
The names you called me held no substance.
Weightless
Tasteless
Outrageous.
For years,
I could never fathom
your hatred towards me.
You made the air smell like sulphur,
And my heart bleed.
But I gave you that power,
But now I’m taking my power back
Scheme | ABCDEDF Axxdxxg xxxhxd DcxgDf fihiii ABCDEDF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 111010 110011 11011110 0111 1111110 111101101 11 10101 11101010 0010 1111101 110111 0111 11111011111 1110101111 111110 1111100 11111 101010 1111101010 1101 111111 01111 1111101010 11101101 1101101 011110110 011111110 10 10 010 11 111010 110011 11011110 0111 1111110 111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,000 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
This is a poem about my years of bullying at the hands of some girls I thought were my friends. It’s a reflection price on some of the hardest years of my life.
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Written on November 20, 2021
Submitted by elysialaidlaw16 on February 14, 2022
Modified on March 07, 2023
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