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
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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Submitted by thismyannonymousacc on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 10, 2023

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