Analysis of Broken
Christina Biasiello 1983 (Philly)
I'm broken
Sad and solemn
Lost and hopeless
My whole world seems gray
My pieces shatter
Over and over again
I watch them shatter
I scramble up the pieces
I put them back together
Empty holes remain
where pieces used to be
On the outside I look together
But with a slight breeze
I crumble to the ground.
Falling
Failing
Empty
Broken
I desperately want to be whole.
I want to make myself whole
But I can't
I don't know how.
I don't know why.
I wish...
I was enough for me
I wish...
I could mend my heart
Just enough to love...
Me
I break
I build
I wither
I stand
I fall
I rise
And still...
I'm broken
Well...
Broken crayons still color
Mosaic master pieces
Are made from broken shards of glass
A chrysalis is broken
And a butterfly emerges
In all its glory
I am the broken crayon
Coloring my story boldly
The broken shards of glass
Forming unique works of art
I am the emerging butterfly
With wet wings waiting to flutter
I'm broken
But...
My broken is beautiful
Scheme | Axxxbxbcbxdbxxeeda ffxxgHdHixdxxbxxxxA xbcjaxdxdjigbAxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110 1010 1010 11111 11010 1001001 11110 1101010 1111010 10101 110111 101111010 11011 110101 10 10 10 10 110001111 111111 111 1111 1111 11 110111 11 11111 10111 1 11 11 110 11 11 11 01 110 1 101110 0101010 11110111 0100110 0010010 01110 110101 10011010 010111 1001111 11001010 11110110 110 1 1101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 19, 16 |
Lines Amount | 53 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
About this poem
Something to help put the pieces back together.
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Written on October 17, 2020
Submitted by cbiasiello610 on January 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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