Analysis of Why did it happen?
Annie Delgado 1991 (Daly city)
Why did it happen?
I found love but it wasn't equal.
Why did it happen?
I stayed true when they didn't.
Why did it happen?
I gave up my family values to be with them.
Why did it happen?
I lost myself for love, or infatuation..who cares?
Why did it happen?
I let someone take all of me.
Why did it happen?
The courage to say fuck this shit is what happened.
I deserve more than a mediocre love.
That's why it happened.
Live myself for me.
That's why it happened.
Fairytales are lovely and idealistic. But they set young people up for altruistic ideologies.
This is happening.
Life is better without a toxic love.
And that's why it happ⁴ened.
| Scheme | AbAcAdAeAfAghGfGijhc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11110 111111010 11110 1111110 11110 1111100101111 11110 11111111 11110 1111111 11110 010111111110 1011100101 11110 1111 11110 1011000010111110110100100 11100 1110010101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 140 |
| Sentences | 22 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
About this poem
This poem deals with my divorce and the grief that went with it. With coming to terms with it, I wrote down my feelings.
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Written on November 30, 2022
Submitted by Annmarierose91 on December 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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