Analysis of Illegal Etrangère
She was drowning
Letting her life slip away
Under an unauthorized blend
Of alcohol and tears
Sometimes stirred up
With some audible sobs
But mostly
As smooth as a whisky on the rock
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1001101 1010101 11001 0111 111001 110 111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
Borders, laws, lines and barriers have made life 'illegal' and a human being a 'strange' object to another. Their voices can't be heard, they don't speak 'normal', silenced in the name of profit. Even when they cry it is considered as hysterical - thus unheard, unnoticed and made their expression 'Illegal'.
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