Analysis of Broken Promise
Someone made a promise they didn't keep.
My soul is broken, my heart is weak.
My mind is tired of all emotion.
My soul is falling to the ocean.
My heart is weeping but my eyes are dry
For my eyes can no longer cry.
I am kind to those who are in need of it. But still. No respect for the one that no one cares for.
I am dead within myself.
Help me! Please!
If anyone still has a heart to care.
I need someone, someone to love and care for my soul and heart feel hard and cold.
My eyes feel tired and I am lonely but mostly I am sad, my heart is melting.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101101 111101111 1111011010 111101010 1111011111 11111101 111111101111110110111111 111011 111 110110111 11111101111011101 111100111011011111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 542 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
About this poem
This poem was written in the 1980s. I had recently been abandoned by my parents and was living with some friends who spoke very little English.
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Written on May 05, 1984
Submitted by Sunwukong68 on August 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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