Analysis of Defined
Lanetta Forney 1972 (TN)
What defines you?
Is it money? Is it fame?
Is it people who know your name?
Are you moved by nature or the nature of others?
How deep does your passion flow?
How often does your desire sow results?
What is your name by a standard society?
Does the world know or acknowledge the true you?
Is the world dependent on your perspective?
Can people follow your soul’s directive?
Who are you to tell me who I am?
Worldly shelves that I am put on by the job that I toil for
And the dwelling in which I live.
Do these things tell you who; or, what you are?
When are you defined?
Who says the definition is correct?
| Scheme | A B B X X X X A C C X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 1110111 11101111 1111101010110 1111101 11011010101 111110100100 10111010011 10101011010 1101011010 111111111 101111111011111 00100111 1111111111 11101 110010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 158 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 16 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
This poem was written by the poet after realizing the poet has never been truly seen.
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