Analysis of Betray
You yell
I flinch
I try to be
Stoic and still
But my eyes betray me
Fear
Yet still, you hug me
And somehow I find
You are my safety
I’m left confused, dismayed
It’s true you say you love me
But your words are betrayed
I can see it in your eyes
Vacancy
It’s then I know
Your truth is full of lies
We laugh
Pretending is a game
Block it out, forget the past
No little girl has lost her name
Everything is fine
But my hands betray me
Trembling
But you’ll never see
Because I smile and say
I’m fine
| Scheme | XXAXAXAXA BABCAXC XDXDEAXAXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11 1111 1001 111011 1 11111 0111 11110 110101 1111111 111101 1111011 100 1111 111111 11 010101 1110101 11011101 1011 111011 100 11101 011101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 506 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
I’ve just been working through some things in therapy, and that work has gotten me back into writing. This is my first poem in over a decade. Thank you for reading it.
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Written on August 03, 2022
Submitted by DearHannah on February 24, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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