Analysis of Broken Promises
Kenya Stephens 1995 (Van Wert)
Why do you do that?
You keep building me up with your kind words just to throw me back to the ground.
I believed you again.
Like I always do.
"I promise this will be the last time."
"I promise I didn't talk to her."
"I promise this was the last time."
"I promise I'll change."
"I promise I love you."
Each one made with your fingers crossed behind your back.
Now with every promise a faint smile appears on my face then disappears like my trust in you.
| Scheme | XX XABXBXAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 111011111111111101 101101 1111 110111011 110110110 11011011 11011 110111 111111010111 11100100110111110111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 455 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
About this poem
To be lied to everyday, I don't miss those days.
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Written on March 15, 2018
Submitted by kenya_s on May 17, 2022
Modified on April 16, 2023
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