Analysis of Hope
Ameera Jiya 2002 (FCT)
I was a girl with a cheerful and beautiful soul.
I was a girl; vibrant and fiery.
I had a loving family of my own.
My pride, a woman I called "Mama"
And a hero: The man i called "Pops".
But, I was clawed.
Brutally they were murdered
And forcefully, I was taken.
Life left me at the hands of a sordid beast.
I was no social butterfly but I was labelled a "snub".
At night, I'd wallow in my misery and cry me to sleep.
At dawn in this shallow world, it was all masks of smile.
In my eyes you could see all the hurt and pain.
For as my heart is plagued with worry.
So were my thought laced with fear.
My guardians were my doom.
They instilled in me nothing but self doubt.
I wondered why I was envied even when I had nothing or no one to call my own.
So I thought,
Maybe because I was strong and brave enough to continue living.
Moreover, being brave and strong only served to heighten their abuse.
Could it be my diadem, yet that was nothing short of a facade.
Hope sure does bloom like a morning glory.
I was alive but dead.
I had no dream,
No safe haven
And my future was bleak.
But they saw my pain and guise
And led me out of the dark.
It matters not what are souls are made of: Life only takes that which can be replaced
And in my life, I was broken but I survived.
Scheme | XAB XX XXC XX XX XAX XX B XXX XA XXCX XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101001001 1101100100 11010100111 110101110 001001111 1111 1001010 01001110 11110110101 11110101111001 111100110001111 1101101111111 01111110101 111111110 1011111 1100011 1010110111 1101111010111101111111 111 10011110101101010 01010101101110101 1111101111011001 1111101010 110111 1111 1110 011011 1111101 0111101 1101111111110111111 001111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,281 |
Words | 297 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
This is basically a self explanatory poem about an innocent girl who lost her parents in a fire staged by her uncle because he was envious of the father and his success. She was abused both physically and psychologically.
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Written on August 05, 2022
Submitted by ameera_j on August 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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