Analysis of Broken Toy
Christina Canter 1987
I feel like a broken toy
Pushed to the bottom of a box
No one will find me here
Through all the waiting
I've become fragile and weak
Parts of me are breaking
Far from what I use to be
Longing to play again
I feel like a broken toy
Waiting to find my maker
How much longer will it last?
These scratches go deeper every day
No longer sure of who I am
I slip farther into darkness
Giving up on all hope
Have I forever lost my way?
I feel like a broken toy
Praying to be fixed
No one can save me now
I have to want it for myself
Too afraid to move
My time is slipping far away
I have to take a chance
Or in this box I will always stay
| Scheme | Axxbxbxx Axxcxxxc Axxxxcxc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 11010101 111111 11010 1011001 111110 1111111 101101 1110101 1011110 1110111 1101101001 11011111 11100110 101111 11010111 1110101 10111 111111 1111111 10111 11110101 111101 10111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 646 |
| Words | 141 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
Just a time I was feeling down.
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