Analysis of Broken Mirror
Robert S. O’Neal 1984 (Oklahoma)
Here I am, all alone,
standing face to face.
To the one I hate so much,
my heart begins to race.
I spit at him and curse him out,
as tears run down my face.
I drew my fist, my heart went still
As seemed time and space.
But when I swing it's me that bleeds,
A shatter makes it clear.
Now standing all alone,
looking at a broken mirror.
- Robert S. O’Neal
| Scheme | A B X B X B X B X X A X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 10111 1011111 110111 11110111 111111 11111111 11101 11111111 010111 110101 10101010 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
It’s a story of struggles I went through as a young adult. From losing everything and being homeless at 18. Recovering and losing it all again
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Written on June 12, 1999
Submitted by airmanoneal on March 26, 2023
Modified on May 02, 2023
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