Analysis of Missing you in "Spanglish"
I have a place in Carrboro
where the silence can be heard.
I left my heart in a City
that does not know me,
just yet.
Town far away from my kisses
“rice con frijoles” and pubs
guava flavor on her luggage
caring package, no return.
I have a girl in Carrboro
town far away from my hugs
“pueblo de”college students
“sabor a pino” on my throat.
Mixture of dust and motels
traveling makes it so easy
always returning is fun
so spoiled my body and your nieces
wanted to hold you once more.
Scheme | AXBBX XXXX AXXX XBXXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1010111 11110010 11111 11 11011110 11101 10101010 1010101 110101 1101111 10110 1010111 1011001 10011110 101011 111100110 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired by my sister. We visited her in college and were leaving her behind. She is my baby sister and I love her dearly. I have not done any work on the lyrics since but I love it.
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