Analysis of Stay, Woman, Stay
Stay, Woman, Stay
"Who do you run to when your only saviour is the one you're running from?"
Hymn for the woman who almost stayed...
You tell me he broke you again today
Tell me why you’ll stay
For love or fear or something grey
If you love me you’d stay
This is what he’d say
For shame he will betray
Stay, woman, stay.
Give your life away
I’ll love you anyway
But if you leave
Goddess, please
Know how free you deserve to be
For the love of you
Crazy and subdued
Come with me
In love we don’t weep
Here we get to sleep
We only breathe in peace
Let me show you peace
I will keep you safe
I am your inner sage
But if you with him stay
I’ll love you anyway
With you I'll always pray.
But if you want to stay
Stay with me stay
I will show you the way
Out with the poison you crave
The clown is just a phase
The light is in your face
Let's return to faith
Stay with me stay
I will show you the way
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| Scheme | A x x aaa aaa AaA xxb xxb ccd dxx aAa aAA xxx xAA a |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11111111011011101 11010111 1111110101 11111 11111101 111111 11111 111101 1101 11101 11110 1111 101 11110111 10111 10001 111 01111 11111 110101 11111 11111 111101 111111 11110 11111 111111 1111 111101 1101011 011101 011011 10111 1111 111101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,219 |
| Words | 237 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
A hymn for women feeling stuck in an abusive relationship.
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Written on December 01, 2022
Submitted by jswolfe on December 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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