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10/16/2018 6:27:02 AM Mieczyslaw Stilinkski Posts: 1	You thought you had me figured out Before you knew my name Cause you're you and you're unsatisfied That I am not the same You'll never change the way I love And you can fight for you're dominion But I'm worth a million times the weight Of a dogmatist's opinion I know that all that you can see Is a stereotype of me All that you thought I'd ever be Is a stereotype of me Did you ever think that you could see me Past the prejudice you hold I'm not the picture you created I'm not the things that you were told You're voice is long since dead to me I won't even be provoked When it hurt you to see me smile The things you said went up in smoke I know that all that you can see Is a stereotype of me All that you thought I'd ever be Is a stereotype of me By: Kyle Ezra Kriticos (I know this poem isn't mine, but I think that you,critiques,can help me more understand the meaning of this poem)
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10/24/2018 7:58:26 PM Frank Frank Posts: 15	What don't you understand? It's just a clumsy restatement of the commonly used phrase "You don't know me". Maybe bad song lyrics (the refrain suggests that)? Rhythm is not very good either. Several little problems: "you're" --> "your" (three places), "unsatisfied" --> "dissatisfied".
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10/26/2018 8:38:49 AM Darren White Posts: 31	In itself it is a good poem, it is perhaps clumsily translated or transferrred to the forum. But it is not in the right place here. You should move this to a more conversational part of the forum. As for understanding, I agree with the person above me. There is not much more to understand about the poem than what is written.
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