Analysis of Silence was her weapon.



She almost lost her voice for being silent for so long.
She kept her words to herself,
Never speaking out for what she was against or for what she believed in.
Her silence was her weapon.

But for too long, she’d stood by and said nothing,
For too long, she’d allowed others to speak on her behalf.
For too, too long, she’d allowed others to say what they wanted against her.
But silence was her weapon.

She was afraid that her words would hurt others if she’d ever spoken up.
She was afraid of the truth.
Now the time has come not to be silent anymore.
The time has come to speak up. And to speak out loud.


Scheme XXXA XXXA XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111010111 1101101 101011111011111010 0101010 11111110110 11110110111001 111110110111110010 1101010 110110111101110101 1101101 101111111001 011111101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 609
Words 118
Sentences 11
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 156
Words per stanza (avg) 39

About this poem

This poem is about never being afraid of speaking up for yourself. Words are tools that can either build you up or destroy you. So always speak up and speak out.

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Written on October 12, 2019

Submitted on September 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Shinary Nembhard

Shinary Nembhard is the poet and author of ‘A sense of me A sense of you,’ ‘Kerr,’ ‘Bugs and Lizards Adventures,’ ‘Children Time. Poetry Time’, and 'a fog of Pain and Paranoia.’ Growing up in Westmoreland, Jamaica, reading, and writing was an essential part of her upbringing. She began writing poetry and short stories at the age of twelve. more…

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