Analysis of Living with myself
Gemima Longodjo 2003 (DRC)
Flesh and blood
Standing in front of you
My vessel filled with water and meat roaming in my body
Cut me open and see that I am living with myself
With
My abusers
My pain
My Trauma
My history
My wounds
My neglectful parent
My absent father
My late sister
I am living with you
All of you
| Scheme | XABXXXXXBXXCC AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 101 100111 110111001100110 1110011111011 1 1010 11 110 1100 11 101010 11010 1110 111011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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