Analysis of Broken Warrior
Leon Ivy 1981 (Bradley, Illinois)
I smell the moister in the air
The rain is coming
I see this old willow tree
As I walk to it
I sit under it
The rain pours
Upon this muddy ground
I hear the rain
Pings in the rhythm of my heart beat
I remove my helmet
I see the scraps and slashes
I see minor dents
The rain soaks my head
The pain and sorrow washes away
I look down at my breast plate
I see the rain drops rolling through
The cracks, dents and slices
I thought to myself
I have dreamed, dreams
Yet, my dreams are reality
I look at my forearm Guards
I see how broken they are
How they protected me
I remove my grieves
I see the scrapes and dents
I begin to laugh
Wondering how did I survive
The War within
I finally remove my Breast plate
My first love, I caress my breast plate
I cry, wondering why I didn’t die
Looking at my Armor laying in the mud
I look for The Sword and Shield of Time
The Sword of Time laying on my left side
The Shield of Time Laying on my right side
I see they are bent cracked and dented
Yet, they are not broken
I lay my breast plate
On the root of this old willow tree
I lay my head down
I tell my self finally the war is truly over
The Broken Warrior
Rests under the old willow tree
The Broken Warrior is Me
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001 01110 111111 11111 11101 011 011101 1101 100101111 101110 1101010 11101 01111 010101001 1111111 11011101 011010 1111 1111 111110 1111011 1111011 110101 10111 110101 10111 10011101 0101 110001111 111101111 111001111 10111010001 111010111 0111101111 0111101111 111111010 111110 11111 10111111 11111 11111000111010 010100 1100111 01010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,232 |
Words | 267 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 44 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 944 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 251 |
About this poem
The Constant mental, emotional and physical conflict that is experienced. A daily battle.
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Written on July 12, 2018
Submitted by Laivy34 on August 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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