The Pestilence of Reticence
There's evidence of reticence
Quite deep within my soul
I do not care when it got there,
But best ways for control.
I've never been a Howard Hughs
Or Emily Dickinson,
And yet I know how to avoid
The public because I'm one
Afraid of their rejection and
Embarrassment because
Of never feeling I belonged
For how my childhood was.
John Donne was wrong the day he wrote,
"No man is an island" due
To ones like me who've learned to live
Where friendship never grew.
About this poem
Isolation
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Written on September 27, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 27, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on September 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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