Classification: villanelle
Prompt/Context: This was an AP lit assignment, but we were allowed to write the villanelle about whatever we wanted.
People try to tell who I should be
Someone always thinks I'm too different
But there's no one in the world I'd rather be than me
I often like to shout out my glee
they complain "Do you have to be so exuberant?"
People try to tell me who I should be
I'm glad that I am very carefree
"You're not stressing enough about your grades, too ambivalent"
But there's no one in the world I'd rather be than me
I love that my friends have my complete loyalty
"Stop helping your friends and focus on your own predicaments"
People try to tell me who I should be
Sometimes people hate my originality
"Can't you be normal or are you too ignorant?"
But there's no one in the world I'd rather be than me
I really like the girl who, in 5th, sits behind me
Sometimes they say I'm a freak, their tone the bitterest
People try to tell me who I should be
But there's no one in the world I'd rather be than me
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