Analysis of Keri
Sweet dreams and memories of days long gone;.
Remembering my life and loves gone wrong.
I can't go back there's so much to replace,
My dreams become reality that's hard to face.
A secret so horrid that sacrificed my youth,
No-one wants to hear or believe my truth.
It's demeaning to ask or understand my belief;
Just listening and caring is such a relief.
Maybe I was born to be plain white trash,
To be taken for granted and burned to ash.
A survivor of Incest but still victimized by all;
So many to name and so few to call.
Should I start over, renew my life again?
Move to a new town? Look for a new friend?
To know her before a picture of perfection
Look in a mirror now I see another reflection;
I ask her to speak she remembers his lies,
She wants to tell all but then only she cries.
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFGGHIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001111 0100110111 111111111 1101101111 01011011011 1111110111 101011101101 110001011001 1011111111 11101100111 0010111110011 1101101111 11110011101 1101111011 110010101010 10010111010010 11011101011 11111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 613 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 154 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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