Analysis of Never Came Out

Dustin Keast 2007 (Athens)



I never got to come out of the closet and see the light shine
I sat in the shadow with the feeling of greed and not pride
I lied in my room weeping and not crying
I waited for someone to tell me, I' m blossoming, I'm flying.


Scheme ABCC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111101001011 11001101011011 11011100110 1101111111100110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 225
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 48

About this poem

This poem is about me not being able to "Come Out" because everyone already knows.

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Written on January 05, 2023

Submitted by on January 05, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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