Analysis of Spilled waters
Happy is how I used to be,
Born determined and free.
Courageous and strong to
To face every hot ball that shoots
Towards me by life!
Not until a hypocrite came into my life,
As an honest father figure,
Not realising that he had a hidden agenda.
And sadly he turned me into a new sad me!
He took what made me whole what could, have made me "Indoda ye qotho"!
He took my dignity.
"Uzoqina mfana wam u be indoda",
"Wonke umuntu uzok'hlonipha",
"Njengoba ngiyak'qinisa"!
Proudly saying those words
While he was still abusing me.
Tears rolled down my cheeks,
I was in a confused state of mind,numb!
Dirty and unworthy is how I feel
Shattered within and no longer still
My lips are paralysed,I am now
Stuttering with uttering words.
What if umama will not believe me?
What if my trousers no longer fit me?
Umzimba wami uyangisinda
Inqondo yami iyahlanya
Ubomi bami abusa'lungile
Ubulili bami abusa'hlonishwa
I was raped!
I do not think I can do this life thing anymore.
My dreams are shattered my positivity is drained,
I do not know myself anymore
Spilled water's
Spilled are the waters!
| Scheme | AABCD DXXA XA BDCEAXX FXXE AA BXFX XGXGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111111 101001 010011 111001111 01111 10101010111 11101010 11111010010 010111010111 11111111111111 111100 111111 111 11 101011 11110101 11111 110001111 1000101111 100101101 111111 10011001 11111011 1111011011 111 111 111 111 111 111111111101 111101111 1111101 110 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,097 |
| Words | 230 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 2, 7, 4, 2, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 34 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem is about a young boy who was sexually harassed by his step father.I wrote in as an awareness to speak on behalf of all the boys that experience rape and are afraid to talk about it because the society might view them as weak or their loved one's might not believe them now is not only females that go through this also young males!
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Written on September 24, 2020
Submitted by palesa.khaole1 on January 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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