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
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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