Analysis of Boriqua
I'm a Hispanic because that's what I'm branded...
I'm not a race I'm but a culture...
I'm but a mixture conquered by vultures...
I'm these urban streets that flows within me...
I'm from an island that I rarely see...
I'm born and bred a natural survivor...
I'm not a color for that's a divider...
I'm but a being spirit real strong...
I'm but a mixture black, Indian, White...
I'm but a person blessed with true sight ...
I'm but a warrior prepared for this fight...
I'm but a culture my race is all mixed...
Spaniards on a quest that came over on ships...
I'm but of mixed slaughtered beautiful races...
Embedded with this language from foreign places ...
I Speak a language that came from blood shed...
The Indian and the Black in me will never be dead...
I'm a loud voice a candle that burns...
I'm but a sponge that absorbs as I learn...
I'm but a culture a bunch of lost tribes...
I am what I am till the day I die...Boriqua
Scheme | ABCDDBBEFFFGHIIJJKLME |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100100111110 110111010 1101010110 1110111011 1111011101 11010100010 11010110010 110101011 1101011001 110101111 11010001111 1101011111 10101111011 11111010010 010111011010 1101011111 01000010111011 101101011 1101101111 1101001111 1111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 909 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 671 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Font size:
Submitted on August 25, 2017
Modified on March 31, 2023
- 57 sec read
- 14 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Boriqua" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/67263/boriqua>.
Discuss this C Castro poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In