Analysis of i wish i was a bird
Tori Lynn 2005 (south carolina)
I wish i wasn't a bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
I wish i was a dog
bark bark
Wag wag
But i am only a bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
I can pretend to be a dog
Bark bark
Wag wag
But i see my reflection is only a bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
I can make myself a dog
Bark bark
Wag wag
But it hurts to not be a bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
And i feel scared because i'm not a dog
Bark bark
Wag wag
I'm only an ugly bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
And everybody wants a dog
Bark bark
Wag wag
And most people hate birds
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
But i can never be a dog
Bark bark
Wag wag
So i'm stuck with being a bird
Tweet tweet
Flap flap
Scheme | aBC dEF aBC dEF aBC dEF aBC dEF aBC dEF xBC dEF aBC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111001 11 11 111101 11 11 1111001 11 11 11011101 11 11 111101011001 11 11 111101 11 11 11111101 11 11 0111011101 11 11 1101101 11 11 0100101 11 11 011011 11 11 11110101 11 11 11111001 11 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
a personification of wishing you were something you can never be
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Written on November 19, 2021
Submitted by victoria.l.rogers59 on November 19, 2021
Modified on April 27, 2023
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