Analysis of Rising Anew

Sarah Brower 1995 (New Jersey)



A bullet would have been preferred
instead I caught a sickness
intertwining in my bloodstream
breaking what was not broken
while altering sustainable genetics

Diagnosed with impure love
how can I ever create my village now
it would be dancing with chaos and sorrows
fighting to live instead of creating memories
the sickness I caught was you
and I will never be the same again

How does it feel to be whole?
though to be whole yet incomplete
I do not want to know that life

Yes I would rather have holes
surrounding my heart then being whole
with a rotten prosthetic taking its place

So I guess I shall thank you
not for the damage done
but for not taking my heart with you
for not robbing me of human decency


Scheme XXXAX XXXXBX CXX XCX BABX
Poetic Form
Metre 01011101 0111010 100011 1011110 11000100010 011011 11110011101 11110110010 1011011010100 0101111 0111010101 1111111 11111001 11111111 1111011 010111101 10100101011 1111111 110101 111101111 11101110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 712
Words 137
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Sarah Brower

I love to express myself through poetry. I can’t force inspiration so I only write when I feel moved. Authenticity is important to me!! If I can make anyone feel heard and understood, Then my goal is accomplished. more…

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