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
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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Tori Lynn

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