What elements or lines in this poem indicate or demonstrate self-awareness?
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What elements or lines in this poem indicate or demonstrate change?
How is this poem related to the stages of change model?
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole I the sidewalk.
I still don’t see it. I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
It isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it. I still fall in.
It’s habit. It’s my fault. I know where I am.
I get out immediately.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I walk around it
I walk down a different street.
1977 Portia Nelson – There’s a hole in my sidewalk: The romance of self discovery
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