Analysis of The Promise Of A Rainbow
Today's the anniversary of our
separation and the freedom I gained,
or the slavery, that all depends on
the perspective that one looks upon it.
It is a hard life which I lead, granted,
and sometimes the struggle pins me to sighs,
but there are moments of pure fired bliss too.
The times I catch a smile's light on my son,
he is only three, the world is fresh air,
it swirls in his wide imagination,
to watch innocent eyes capture pleasure,
that for me makes all of the tears worthwhile,
all the aches, pains that saturate my soul.
My three young daughters help around the house,
they are beautiful and never complain
when I can not buy them the latest clothes,
one day, I will treat them all for the love
they hold deep inside their little soft hearts,
but for now I must make sure they are fed,
so they can fulfil their dreams when older,
if I could get work I would, but I am
alone here and I have to make sure that
everything is flowing smoothly along.
The benefits we get every fortnight
are not enough to give us luxury,
but they are better than getting nothing.
I'm not sad that my husband isn't here,
quite the opposite really, he was bad,
always gambling and drinking away our
lives as we hid in the shadows of his
alcoholic anger; coloured with cold
insecurities and fears of being
a failure in his own father's dark eyes.
I am glad he is not here, for we can
at least move now into a future where
there is the promise of a bright rainbow.
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Metre | 0100100110 010001011 1010011011 0010111011 1101111110 0010101111 11110111011 0111011111 1110101111 110110010 1110011010 1111110111 101111011 1111010101 1110001001 1111110101 1111111101 1110111011 1111111111 111111110 1111111111 0110111111 101101001 0100111001 1101111100 1111011010 1111110101 1010010111 11000100110 111100111 010101011 010001110 0100111011 1111111111 1111010101 110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,413 |
Words | 276 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 10, 13 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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