Analysis of broken?
Nili Hunter 2003 (Colorado)
Perfect. They said she’s perfect.
They said you were confused,
You're too immature.
And you wouldn’t be if you only were,
To walk and talk and act like her.
She’s perfect.
They said “Do better.”
But the problem is this,
What they think is broken,
You can’t fix.
It’s a part of you.
So since you can’t fix it, you tried control,
Until eventually you snapped.
Your confidence, you hid away,
And your soul, you trapped.
But it’s your fault, right?
I’ll tell you a little secret of my own,
I know how fast it can spin.
But to slouch your back, and bend in half
Is not how you’re gonna win.
Stand tall.
I’m here to tell you that there’s nothing wrong.
You make mistakes and that’s fine.
I know you’re tired, and your arms are damaged,
So here, I'll give you mine.
It’s nice.
They shut you down before,
So I know you’d never expect,
Someone to walk by your side,
Not behind you, and not ahead.
I’ll walk with you.
I’ll give you time to understand your soul,
And here’s the reason why.
I used to think it was a waste of time,
To take the time, To understand mine.
You’re not broken.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111101 111001 1101 011111100 11010110 101 11110 101011 111110 111 10111 1111111101 010100011 11001101 01111 11111 11101010111 1111111 111110101 1111101 11 1111111101 1101011 11110011110 111111 11 111101 11111001 111111 10110101 1111 111110111 010101 1111110111 11011011 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,120 |
Words | 240 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 802 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 206 |
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