Analysis of Fire Woman
If they want me to burn,
Burn is what ill do,
Even if im standing alone,
At least I know ill be burning with truth.
They can turn their heads & cheeks and continue to mock,
Spewing their lies about me,
Their seething and hateful ignorance,
They continue to talk.
I never claimed to be of perfection,
Cause I was flawed as most,
So if you must unjustly burn me again,
Allow me one final toast.
I do promise you as I go up in these flames,
That I will be relieved to be free of these old, rusted chains.
If my demise makes you believe you have been justified,
The day will come when you yourself will have to face the fact you all are living a lie.
Let me go out with just a wee bit of pride,
Ill go knowing that my children knew that their mother always tried,
And they knew when I told them I loved them,
That I never lied.
So light me up then,
If that's what you wish,
Im going out with one last nod
And a blow of a kiss.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKJLMNONNPNKQRS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 11111 10111001 1111111011 111111001011 1011011 110010100 101011 1101111010 111111 11110101101 0111101 111011111011 111101111111101 1101110111110 011111011111011111001 11111101111 111011101111011 0111111111 11101 11111 11111 11011111 001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 922 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 708 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 189 |
About this poem
This poem is about how I was unfairly judged, made out to be a beast and a horrible human by the very ones who were just that.
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