Analysis of The glass ceiling.
The glass ceiling
On my way over
I ran into patriarchy.
I think he was on his way to install yet another glass ceiling without any consent.
I don’t know why I am so surprised,
I mean, the women in my family have been complaining about him for generations.
Could someone please telephone him up.
Tell him that there is a glass ceiling inside my house, and I am crushing under its weight
Wait
Tell him that yesterday after I had completed every single one of my womanly duties.
You know, the way a good woman should.
Tell him I sat down
Tell him that I read the bible
Tell him that I had a revelation
Tell him that in the beginning
There was nothing.
Which is to say that when god said “let there be light”
What SHE meant was
Let there be woman.
Which is to say I am light
Which is to say I create and sustain life
Which is to say he is because I am
Could someone, please, telephone patriarchy
Tell him I say he is because I am.
Scheme | A XBX XX XCCXXXXDAA EXDEXF BF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110 11110 1101100 11111111011010110011001 111111101 1101001100110100111010 1111011 1111101100111011101011 1 11110101101010010111110 110101101 11111 11111010 111110010 11100010 1110 111111111111 1111 11110 1111111 11111010011 1111110111 11110100 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 2, 10, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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