Analysis of Can You Hear Me



As the brown eyed lady approached the scene,
 she speaks no words, she has no grin
 She walks at a fast pace, at her workplace...
 She whispers in a soft, but troubled, voice, "Can you hear me ?"

She works hard, long hours
 She loves her work, but feels no power
 Again, that inner voice says, "Can you hear me ? Can you hear me ?"
 She's often described in many words by how she looks and how

she feels...passive, crazy, lonely, stubborn, distant and depressed.
 Again the woman says "yes" but with a soft deep inner voice,
 "Can you hear me ?"
 After all the attention she was supposed to have sought,

Did you hear her ? Did you hear her pain ?
 The sadness, the hurt, the embarrassment, the shame
 She felt she needed to keep inside so deep, what flame ?
 Did some one hear me ! I did ! For I'm your friend;

Jesus, I hear you !


Scheme XXXA XXAX XXAX XBBX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011100101 11111111 111011101 11000111011111 111110 110111110 011101111111111 110010101111101 1110101010001 010101111011101 1111 10100101101111 111011101 010010010001 1111011011111 11111111111 10111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 868
Words 162
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by hitalot on July 24, 2017

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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