Analysis of white bread
as you deny doing so,
your words place me in a breadbox
with “dear” “sweetheart” “miss”
and a hand that cuts up in the air signaling me to quiet
as you over-talk my attempts
so you can talk, inform, educate me
forget for the moment you are only half my age
and living in my house,
forget for the moment, as you talk about a women’s experience
that i am a woman … and you are not
forget that you never asked about my studies, my experiences
as you insist yours is twice in size and scope as mine
do not let any of these factors dissuade you
in man-splaining the world out there
as you inform me what a feminist you crafted yourself to be;
do not let any of these power-plays stop you
from proving what a compassionate ally you are,
how worldly … an advanced citizen!
because they won’t dissuade you.
you are too busy talking - having others hear you - to hear;
too busy posturing to realize people do not fit in a grocery cart
the thing about putting people in a breadbox
is they are larger than a loaf of processed, pre-sliced bread.
Scheme | XAXXXB XXXXXX CXBCXX C XXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 1111001 1111 0011110011001110 11101101 111101101 0110101110111 010011 01101011101010100 1110100111 011110101110101000 1101111010111 111101110011 0110111 11011101001100111 111101110111 1101001001011 110101100 0111011 111101010101111 11010011010111001001 01011010001 11110101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,031 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
Published in Terra Ingognita: Oregon Poets Write for Ecological, Social, Political and Economic Justice. Bob Hill Publishing.2019
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Written on April 05, 2017
Submitted by Ariel on September 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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