Who Am I Jennifer Leff Analysis
Elegy/Repetition
Who Am I
Jennifer Leff
Who am I
Who am I
Don't know what to think
Living every day
Like it's the first 5
How could it get any worse
Don't know what to think
About life
They told me to just
Hold on tight 10
Who am I
Lost and out of control
Don't know who or where to turn
Will they just watch me burn
Who am I 15
to afraid to fall
Am I afraid to find more dark
Or am I afraid to loose it all
Who am I
Deniably, completely insane 20
Will I ever find my way
Will ever be the same
Who am I
Falling Down the drain
Will I ever be someone 26
Or will I just go out and run
Day in
And day out
Don't know where to go 30
Every day
Every night
Trying to see the light
All I know is
Who I could be 35
It's all like a dream to
Me now
I want to scream and shout
Don't know why I'm yelling out
Who am I 40
Lost and out of control
And I want to scream and shout
There is no doubt about it
Who am I
Because I don't 45
Know anymore
Who am I
Too afraid to find life
Through the darkness
That I fight 50
Will I ever see the light
Don't know where to turn to
Don't …show more content…
She need something to be proud of, something to believe in, something to fight for. She does not have the will to keep going like a shadow lurking through the night. Due to the fact that the three words, who am I is slowly annihilating her, the elegy is mainly found in the repetition. She cannot escape from this tragic death and by the last two lines, you know she can no longer fight it and her death is mourned. Her pride and dignity are lost every time those three words are said and that is additionally mourned. Here lies the pride, dignity, and life of the speaker of the poem, she will be
Who Am I
Jennifer Leff
Who am I
Who am I
Don't know what to think
Living every day
Like it's the first 5
How could it get any worse
Don't know what to think
About life
They told me to just
Hold on tight 10
Who am I
Lost and out of control
Don't know who or where to turn
Will they just watch me burn
Who am I 15
to afraid to fall
Am I afraid to find more dark
Or am I afraid to loose it all
Who am I
Deniably, completely insane 20
Will I ever find my way
Will ever be the same
Who am I
Falling Down the drain
Will I ever be someone 26
Or will I just go out and run
Day in
And day out
Don't know where to go 30
Every day
Every night
Trying to see the light
All I know is
Who I could be 35
It's all like a dream to
Me now
I want to scream and shout
Don't know why I'm yelling out
Who am I 40
Lost and out of control
And I want to scream and shout
There is no doubt about it
Who am I
Because I don't 45
Know anymore
Who am I
Too afraid to find life
Through the darkness
That I fight 50
Will I ever see the light
Don't know where to turn to
Don't …show more content…
She need something to be proud of, something to believe in, something to fight for. She does not have the will to keep going like a shadow lurking through the night. Due to the fact that the three words, who am I is slowly annihilating her, the elegy is mainly found in the repetition. She cannot escape from this tragic death and by the last two lines, you know she can no longer fight it and her death is mourned. Her pride and dignity are lost every time those three words are said and that is additionally mourned. Here lies the pride, dignity, and life of the speaker of the poem, she will be