Poetry Analysis
The poem, “Prisoner in my own mind” by Shayleen Carter is about her inner feelings and struggles with the reality of her not able to get good grades and the failure of believing in herself. This poem also explains how her feelings are affected by her stress of doing well in school. Carter finds herself lost in her thoughts and worries. She expresses how much of a struggle it is to escape the feelings and overwhelming emotions within her. In this poem, Carter uses a hyperbole, metaphor, and personification to portray that constant worrying can only lead to more worries.
Carter uses hyperboles to exaggerate that even the slightest worry can end up affecting one’s life or lifestyle. This is shown when Carter says, “My brain is scrambled and in knots” (Carter 2). Carter expresses through this quote that there are too many thoughts in her mind that are making her feel like she is in knots. By stating this, she delivers a sense of confusion and contemplation. Carter then says, “Running, running but there is no way out” (Carter 13). When one is tied up in knots and is trying to escape, it is difficult …show more content…
This metaphor displays the effects of her emotions from worrying a lot. She reveals negativity about her past failed papers and grades and how it's coming to affect her emotions. This is shown when she says, “Drowning in memotions” (Carter 8). This statement means that her emotions seems to be taking over everything she does. This is making her feel overwhelmed and full. She uses this metaphor to show that her emotions are acting like an ocean. An ocean is very deep like her emotions and is making her feel like she is drowning. There are so many worries she has, she feels like she is drowning. Carter’s worry about school starts to make her emotions about it grow. Along with the emotions of school, she starts worrying about other things like the future which adds on to her “ocean” of
The poem, “Prisoner in my own mind” by Shayleen Carter is about her inner feelings and struggles with the reality of her not able to get good grades and the failure of believing in herself. This poem also explains how her feelings are affected by her stress of doing well in school. Carter finds herself lost in her thoughts and worries. She expresses how much of a struggle it is to escape the feelings and overwhelming emotions within her. In this poem, Carter uses a hyperbole, metaphor, and personification to portray that constant worrying can only lead to more worries.
Carter uses hyperboles to exaggerate that even the slightest worry can end up affecting one’s life or lifestyle. This is shown when Carter says, “My brain is scrambled and in knots” (Carter 2). Carter expresses through this quote that there are too many thoughts in her mind that are making her feel like she is in knots. By stating this, she delivers a sense of confusion and contemplation. Carter then says, “Running, running but there is no way out” (Carter 13). When one is tied up in knots and is trying to escape, it is difficult …show more content…
This metaphor displays the effects of her emotions from worrying a lot. She reveals negativity about her past failed papers and grades and how it's coming to affect her emotions. This is shown when she says, “Drowning in memotions” (Carter 8). This statement means that her emotions seems to be taking over everything she does. This is making her feel overwhelmed and full. She uses this metaphor to show that her emotions are acting like an ocean. An ocean is very deep like her emotions and is making her feel like she is drowning. There are so many worries she has, she feels like she is drowning. Carter’s worry about school starts to make her emotions about it grow. Along with the emotions of school, she starts worrying about other things like the future which adds on to her “ocean” of