The entire poem is written in an "A,B,A,B" rhythm structure. This brings some life and fun to the poem. However, certain paragraphs are written in a "A,B,A,B,C,C" rhythm format. This could mean some significance, that maybe the paragraphs have a special meaning or maybe to sound better. The stanzas that are in this structure are stanza 2,3,9,10,11. Stanzas 2&3 are able to describe the attitude everyone had as a kid, innocent. It tells me about the young life of a rich family, being pampered. This pampering would cause "me" to be extremely dependent and unable to think for "myself". "With no real plans" shows me that as a child "I" did not consider about making plans for the future, leaving it to others to deal with it. In stanzas 9 to 11, they are also special because they are the main point of this poem as it tells the reader the process I went through to be able to find my own identity. From "living in fear" to "knowing how I could" this allows the reader to know that "I" through this three stanzas had totally changed due to finding my identity.
In stanza eight the world "damn" tells me the frustration that "I" was feeling. Due to the inability to find my identity yet, I had many mixed feelings about it but what was the most evident feeling was frustration as mentioned.
I'm stanza seven, the word "poof" brings some human feeling to the poem yet in actually truth, "poof" means to vanish which equated death. "poof" shows that the "I" would consider suicide if identity is not found or a bad and evil identities. There is sad truth in what some may consider funny.
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