Analysis of Empty

Charlene Delfin 1990 (Mandaluyong City)



Is it a children's bedroom?
Is there a forest somewhere?
Was it a Kinder classroom?
Or did someone try to care
And then forgot or just left?
'Cause the more that I reflect
The more I become lost
In every memory's ghost.

Maybe we should put a shelf
Against the left wall, and then
Find a color for yourself.
Something bright that can brighten
The nooks, crannies and shadows.
Paint two walls like in the shows
For an illusion of space.
Let us beautify this place.

Place this here and put that there,
Place something everywhere.
May we never stop and stare.

Because this room's unsettling.
There's an imbalance that bends,
An incompleteness growing.
The sorrowful vibe it sends
Fills the mind with deep worry.
Let's add a sofa and rug,
Cats to play in morning fog,
Books to read on rainy days,
And music from Junes to Mays.


Scheme ABABXXXX CXCXDDEE BBB FGFGXXXHH
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 110101 110101 111111 0101111 1011101 011011 010011 1011101 0101101 1010101 1011110 011001 1111001 1101011 111011 1110111 11010 1110101 01110100 1101011 1110 0100111 1011110 1101001 1110101 1111101 0101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 794
Words 149
Sentences 15
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 3, 9
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted by charlenedelfin on April 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charlene Delfin

Charlene Delfin is a Filipina poet and author who is a frequent participant of the annual Global Poetry Writing Month (GloPoWriMo). more…

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