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
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

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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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Christina Biasiello

I feel I've lived so many lives during my 38 years. I've dreamed, made my dreams come true, and watched some of those dreams crumble along the way. Writing helps me find answers, it helps me heal, it brings me peace, and my hope is that it will do that for others more…

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