Analysis of Born Beautiful



bruised, broken bones, their blackened tissues shown;
and through this thistle comes thoughtless memoir,
brought through en lieu, it flew this faux foehn;
an ailing, failing, bygone blazing star.

blued blood bucks and boils as black lungs breathe in;
all hours ours to scour as time turns tauter,
burned bookend to bookend, but bound back n'penned;
a body bereft of breath's born daughter.

but binary blocks ceruloplasmin;
as new ashen dispassion backs them,
bash in this blackened chromatin bastion;
a wayward wind's wise guise left cleft at stem.

burnt bitch fought bone; oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ
as ash; as poem; oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ


Scheme ABAB XBXX ACXC DD
Poetic Form
Metre 110111011 011101101 111111111 110101101 1110111110 110101101111 111111111 0100111110 110011 1110111 10110110 0101111111 111111111 1111011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 643
Words 119
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Written in the months after coming out as a trans girl; this poem hopes to recognize that journey in self recognition and acceptance.

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Written on December 09, 2021

Submitted by MaybeMissMaeve on April 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maeve Sawyer Wade

Young trans poet and aspiring actor celebrating her 16th birthday this year. Loves fire, lightning, and fires started by lightning. more…

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