Analysis of The story of yet another brown girl
The story of another brown girl
“She’ll do this, she’ll become that”
As an infant the only words i ever hear
Not understanding what they’re saying
“Good girls do this, good girls do that”
As a toddler the only words i ever hear
Agreeing to anything I’m told to believe
“Smart girls do this, smart girls do that”
As a kid the only words i ever hear
Setting my goals to people’s expectations
“Respectable girls do this, respectable girls do that”
As a teenager the only words i hear
Accept this time i am my own person
“But i want to do this, not that”
This time i fight, this time i express myself
I have dreams, I have hopes
“Accomplished women do this, accomplished women do that”
As a teenager the only words i hear
They don’t listen, they don’t hear
Expectations, expectations, expectations
Drowning in an endless sea
Hurt, in pain
I want to live, i want to love
I want to feel something, make mistakes, learn
I am human
Scheme | x abx abx abc aBd axx aBb cxx xxd |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101011 1111011 111001011101 10101110 11111111 101001011101 01011011101 11111111 10101011101 1011110010 01001110100111 1010010111 0111111110 11111111 1111111011 111111 01010110101011 1010010111 1110111 010010010 1001101 101 11111111 1111101011 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 950 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Wrote this poem when i felt sad, its a way of calming myself. If you suffer from something similar, im here for you. Just keep swimming -F. R
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