What A Shallow Thing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GEHE IJHH KBCB LMIM ABCBWhat a shallow thing | A |
To obsess over a guy | B |
And yet the human mind | C |
seems determined to try | B |
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I have struggled and I have suffered | D |
I have watched you every day | E |
I fade into the background | F |
As you go about your way | E |
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I have lied about my feelings | G |
I have tried to hide away | E |
And now you have forgotten me | H |
Much to my dismay | E |
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Now you have a girl | I |
A wonderful girl at that | J |
But she's not me and she never will be | H |
Oh come on what's the matter with me | H |
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I promised myself I would never give in | K |
Never put myself down over some stupid guy | B |
But my idiotic mind | C |
Seems determined to try | B |
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So now I watch | L |
All alone | M |
As you smile with your girl | I |
I turn my heart into stone | M |
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What a shallow thing | A |
To obsess over a guy | B |
Yet my pain bringing mind | C |
Seems determined to try | B |
Clara Kelley
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/24/2021
Poet's note: This poem, although it is kind of the shallow story of literally every high schooler, expresses the raw emotion of torture we have all endured: unrequited love. I have liked a person in my school for almost a year, and they never noticed me. I just watched them and felt less and less worthy as they took no interest in me. Just a few weeks before writing this poem my cruch got into a relationship. Although it's been extremely painful, it has helped my to start to move on, and recognize that my worthiness doesn't depend on the opinion of some guy. The poem is supposed to portray my frustration, but also my realistic nature: I understand that I am being kind of irrational, but my emotions are genuine and valid, and all part of the human struggle.
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