Analysis of If I Stay Broken
Would it be a token if I just stayed here?
Sighs of a quiet child full of fear,
All my dreams whispering in my ear,
Silent hopes fading unclear,
If I stay here my voice suppressed
So much left unsaid repressed,
But there's so much to be addressed,
Pain lingers waiting to be undressed,
If I stay here I question my fate,
Is there time to heal or is it too late,
Every dream is the pain I contemplate,
Chances lost leaving me desolate,
Emerging in darkness, this once me,
I came to light can't you see,
The once her was now she,
The broken one just let be.
| Scheme | ABAB CCCC DDDX EEEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11101011111 110101111 111100011 1011001 11111101 1110101 11111101 110101101 111111011 1111111111 1001101110 101101100 010010111 1111111 010111 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
The absolute feeling of being broken. With the emptiness of no absolution.
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