Analysis of Shards of Glass
Zoe Ambrose 1989 (New York)
So poised, you wear
A perfect smile
Great pretender
At least for now
You’re safe
When no emotions show
For who can judge
If no one knows?
But hidden there
Beneath your poise
Lies all your hurt
A deafening noise
That yells and screams
It’s cold as ice
But it’s your strength;
Your sacrifice
I’ve heard you say
No one can see
What lies inside
What’s underneath
All the pretense
The perfect smile
But I can see
I’ve walked that mile
You faith and trust
Like barren lands
Like shards of glass
Within your hands
But what’s gone is gone
The ice melts and flows on
Until then, you wear that reflective smile
And pretend there is nothing wrong
Scheme | ABXX XXXX ACXC XDXD XEXX XBEB XFXF XXBX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1111 0011 1010 1111 11 110101 1111 1111 1101 0111 1111 01001 1101 1111 1111 110 1111 1111 1101 001 1001 0011 1111 1111 1101 1101 1111 0111 10111 011011 0111110101 00111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem because sometimes we all feel isolated. Lonely. There’s ice inside, when everyone else has lovely spring water. You feel like shards of glass lying on the floor. My poem speaks of the adversities of life, but how you need to keep on going. The ice will eventually melt.
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Written on April 29, 2022
Submitted by zoe.schermerhorn on April 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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