Analysis of Neurodivergence



There once was a world,
Where everything was reversed.
April came before March,
And December came first.

Water runs upstream,
And balloons float upside down,
Streets fill the sky,
And clouds blanket the ground.

Blue is for hot,
And red is for cold,
Silver and Bronze
Are worth much more than Gold.

The rainbow starts at purple,
And ends at red,
Civilians sleep on the floor,
And work from their beds.

Authority goes to employees,
And bosses are the chumps,
Poor people go to high-end stores,
And the rich go to dumps.

Pencils blend together better
Than markers and paint too,
Sadness is a melancholic yellow,
And happiness is and overwhelming blue.

Clean laundry goes in baskets,
And dirty laundry goes in drawers,
Feet walk on the ceilings,
And lights hang from the floors.

Orange and black for Christmas,
Red and green for Halloween,
Sweets are considered normal,
And produce is considered a treat.

White is for the dark,
And black is for the light,
To be too snug is to be loose,
And to be too baggy is to be tight.

In a world where arbitrary rules don't exist,
And to live is to die,
Welcome to the misunderstood Wonderland
Of a neurodivergent mind.


Scheme XAXA XXBX XCDC EXXX XDFX XGXG XFXF XXEX XHXH XBXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11101 110101 101011 001011 10111 0011111 1101 011001 1111 01111 1001 111111 011110 0111 0101101 01111 010011010 010101 11011111 001111 10101010 110011 101001010 0100100101 1101010 01010101 111010 011101 1001110 101101 1101010 001101001 11101 011101 11111111 0111101111 00111001101 011111 101000110 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,163
Words 250
Sentences 11
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

A poem about the arbitrary rules of society and how that computes to neurodivergence (Autism, ADHD, ADD, etc.).

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Written on June 25, 2023

Submitted by LilacBlues on June 25, 2023

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