Analysis of Words That Have Vale
Today whispers' a wild shivering breath.
The unfortunate feeds the best fortunate.
In return a smile & the sound that beast us
is gasped to them.
As pattern, he does survive it.
Their overcrowded cage also feeds the beast.
El negro, faggot, they,
Words that have vale
The power to call us not by what it is
But how what we carry can be the beast.
Maneuvering clouds of shadows
Through the window,
a bed below.
What I fear is me feeding the beast.
here I am healing atleast.
| Scheme | X A X X X B X X X B X C C B A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) |
| Metre | 0110011001 00100101100 0010101111 1111 11011011 1100110101 110101 1111 01011111111 1111101101 0100111 1010 0101 111111001 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 520 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
¹In simple terms, A Sound That Beast Us is called a SLUR. ²The word Vale means WORTH, in this case as in the poem, it meaning changes to VALUE. ³The word BEAST in the poem means 3 things, (1. Sound that beast us>> meaning sounds that make us evil 2. How what we carry can be the beast>>meaning how what we carry can be used against us 3. What I fear is me feeding the beast>>meaning what I fear is me feeding the enemy (someone doesn't like you/me). ⁴El Negro French for The Black. Inspired by Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman more »
Written on October 07, 2022
Submitted by hapeydee2020 on July 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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