Analysis of How could this be how could I be she?
Broke By:
Mae Sealy
How could I be she?
She was once amazed, by his simple gaze
She who lay with him, missed the simple days
Who watched his prisoned luscious heart expand and unfold the love of a true man
She observed every slight movement, every small smirk, every caress of his strong bare hand.
How could this be, how could I be she?
The girl that anyone and everyone would pity to see,
Who weep alone in the darkness at half past 3
Who shed not buckets but rivers of tears
For the person who would sit alone unaffected with his head completely clear
How could this be, how could I be she?
Wondering how long the stabbing bleeding pain would last
She who tried to heal but scars and memories continue to mock from the past,
She who was once a avantages, optimistic young girl
Was now a soldier, coming home broken, from the emotional swirl
She now there alone, left to ask herself
How could this be, how could I be she?
| Scheme | xa abbxxAacxxAccddxA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 110 11111 1110111101 1111110101 1111010101001011011 101100110100111000111111 111111111 0111001011011 11010010111 1111011011 1010111010101110101 111111111 1001101010111 1111111010001011101 11110101011 11010101101001001 1110111101 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 940 |
| Words | 192 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 17 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 365 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
About this poem
So I was in a rather happy mood writing this poem. Although the issue I came across is, I cannot write a sad poem being happy. So, I made myself feel what a heart broken girl would feel, I felt the stabbing pain, the embarrassment. I put myself in the place of a girl who had been cheated on although this can and should be interpreted in any way that might apply to someone who is broken.
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Written on March 22, 2022
Submitted by maeleahsealy on March 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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