Analysis of Feel
Feel.
A soul is broken somewhere
And I know you care.
This child is beaten,
Face red and swollen
As the rivers
Flow from its eyes.
These marks on its back,
Its face,
Its arms and legs
Will scar.
They will tell tales
Of a darker past
That comes in pieces.
Someone will ask later in life,
“What are these scars from?”
And it will say,
“I was beaten. I was thrown.”
The words will come casually
And without a second thought.
The one who questioned
Will be sick, sad, angry,
But the scars are reality
To the wearer,
And nothing more
After years of questions
They have become fact
Although they burn on occasion.
Sometimes the truth hurts,
But thank you for asking.
It's nice to know that you care.
Sometimes a mere question
Ices the burn,
And we feel together
Instead of feeling alone.
This is beautiful.
Scheme | ABBCCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSQQTUVWCXYBCZTP1 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 011101 01111 11110 11010 1010 1111 11111 11 1101 11 1111 10101 11010 1111001 11111 0111 1110111 01111000 0010101 01110 111110 101110 1010 0101 101110 11011 1111010 01011 111110 1111111 010110 1001 011010 0111001 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 622 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 149 |
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Submitted on May 29, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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