Analysis of Painful Screams of Faith

Brittany Wilson 1988 (Milwaukee, WI)



When I think about
All the pain that’s in my heart
I cry my eyes out.

When I talk about
The anger I harbor, I
Scream & yell loudly.

When someone asks me
About my faith practices
I ask them to pray.


Scheme AXA AXB BXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 1011011 11111 11101 0101101 1110 1111 0111100 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 201
Words 46
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Brittany Wilson

Brittany Wilson is from Milwaukee, WI & has loved poetry since 5th grade (age 10). Her all-time favorite poets are Emily Dickinson & the incomparable Dr. Maya Angelou. more…

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