Analysis of An Elegy/Heterogeneous



In a sense, I'm bitter.
Ravaging through melted thoughts containing boredom and unread, mental literature.

Between doctors who say it's benign, and cancer.

Trusting in professionals has me in a tail spin.
All I want to do is cry but all the eyeball water wells are dry.

Single mothers are stressed enough fighting to
keep our children safe in a world the Devil runs.

Now I have to worry about myself.

I cannot be selfless anymore.
Selflessness caused me to let my lumps go unnoticed too many times ago.

When you check your breasts,
check your neck.
The little butterfly isn't going to tell you there is a problem.

When you check your breasts,
check your neck.

In this life we have to save our own lives.  


Scheme aa a xx xx x xx BCx BC x
Poetic Form
Metre 001110 100110101010001101000 011011101010 1000100110011 1111111110110111 10101101101 1101010010101 111110011 11011001 1001111111010110101 11111 111 01010101011111010 11111 111 01111111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 744
Words 154
Sentences 15
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

About awaiting life saving surgery and the anxiety it brings.

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Written on November 27, 2023

Submitted by molson2014 on November 27, 2023

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Mar Olson

Born in California, raised in the Midwest. College drop out, single mom struggling with health issues. Learned a lot in life. I want to help people heal. more…

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