Analysis of My uncle’s prisoner



Who am I-ten years old with a noble, kind heart.
Your predator's obsession.
Who am I but a stalemate allowing your draw.
Your sensual touch tainting me sick.
Who am I but scared frozen in fear.
Your hands slowly lifting the purity within me. Your eyes shaming me as you betray my innocence.
Who am I but a liar if I confess?
Your perversion is only a flaw- my confession my prison.
Who am I to claim no arousal but rather a tingling wave of anguish?
Your victory in my neglect to escape.
Who am I but abused, dirty, a whore?
Your hands warm, your look pleased.
Who am I now- broken.
Your greatest defeat.
Who am I a victim of your abuse.


Scheme ABCDEFGBHIJKBLM
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111101011 11010 11110101011 110011011 111111001 11101001000111110111011100 11110101101 1010110011010110 11111101011001001110 11000101101 1111011001 111111 111110 11001 1110101101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 633
Words 123
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 491
Words per stanza (avg) 123

About this poem

This is a poem to start working past the trauma is sexual harassment as a child

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Written on September 09, 2021

Submitted on September 09, 2021

Modified on April 21, 2023

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