Analysis of I Am A Woman .. turning to stone
I am a Woman
I am a woman turning to stone
each day each night while I sleep
My muscles tighten harden and quit
slowly
My friends leave
I am a woman turning to stone
my reach shrinks and strength fails
my temper dwindles and emotions pale
and now my family too stops listening
I am a woman made of sand
slowly daily hourly
I am being eroded
By the pain that is now my constant companion
drop by drop cup by cup it rains down on this
She of sand
small aches and pains cramps and the dull burning throb
That never really leaves
gallon by gallon deluge by uncounted deluge
the mind numbing pain that leaves you wanting only the cool dark end
the pain that sits you down hard!!!
and steals your breath away
I am a woman hardly there at all ... anymore
Scheme | a Bxxcx Bxxx dcxaxd xxxxx x x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 110101011 1111111 110101001 10 111 110101011 111011 1101000101 01110011100 11010111 101010 1110010 101111110010 11111111111 111 11011001101 110101 101101011010 0110111110100111 0111111 011101 110101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 4, 6, 5, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 14, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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