Analysis of Fractured Fairy Tales
I am afraid
That if I turn over the page
of my life
I will discover that our marital journey
is ending
I am afraid
that one day I am going to walk through the door
and find that my love has flown
the coop
and that he has gone back
and sought out his roots
How can I stay strong
when little things tell of you differently
My heart is fractured
into a myriad of shards
that prick at the sides of my intent
that prick at my heart and soul
And each day the pieces stab me further
I feel each jagged edge
As they get lodged deeper
When all I wanted
was to give love
and be loved in return
But alas our story was not meant to be
For the pieces are too scattered
Too unmatched
For us the fairy tale has ended
And you my prince
has morphed into a toad!
Scheme | AbcdeAfghijkdlmnopqprstdlurvw |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11111001 111 1101011010010 110 1101 111111011101 0111111 01 011111 01111 11111 1101111100 11110 01010011 111011101 1111101 0110101110 11111 111110 11110 1111 011001 101101011111 10101110 101 110101110 0111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 751 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 588 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 157 |
About this poem
This is another of my poems that I wrote in 1999 during the time I was in the throes of my marriage breakup. It was a devastating time for me.
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Written on August 05, 1999
Submitted by taminator2016 on January 16, 2023
Modified on April 09, 2023
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