Analysis of So I Can Breathe



Reach beneath the surface
of my skin I need you to
capture the attention of my soul,
cut in when I'm dancing
with my demons and say
 "I got you!"......
Chasing them into the arms
of the ghosts from my past
Look at me and see the galaxies
that live inside of me
Notice the stars in my eyes,
the fire in my being,
Show me that there is a
right time and place
it's not always wrong

Let me breathe just for a second
If I’m weak be my strength let
me breathe and feel safe and loved
Let me know that being vulnerable
isn't a bad thing
That pain doesn't have to
always come with love
Show me there's a magic left
out here in this hard cold world
and that there's still good
in all mankind

Make love to my mind,
caress my essence,
touch my heart gently
Let me breathe in your love...
Tell me it's impossible to be
strong all the time,
Let me know when you read
my words you feel my dilemma,
that you truly want to understand ME ....
who I am inside, and that you
really do have me... so I........
can breathe......


Scheme XAXBXAXXXCXBDXX XXXXBAEXXXF FXCECXXDCAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 1111111 100010111 101110 111001 111 1010101 101111 111010100 110111 1001011 0100110 111110 1101 1111 11111010 1111111 1101101 1111101000 10011 111011 1111 1110101 1101111 01111 0111 11111 01110 11110 111011 111010011 1101 111111 11111010 111011011 11101011 1011111 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,040
Words 237
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 15, 11, 12
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 252
Words per stanza (avg) 67

About this poem

About being tired of going through life alone!

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Written on January 03, 2021

Submitted by rebel.56038 on April 07, 2023

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Brenda Chiri

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