Analysis of GHOSTS OF HER PAIN (unmasked
James Knight 1995 (South Africa)
GHOSTS
OF HER
PAIN (unmasked)
When it is flawless
from every side.
Seek whats inside
Beware the brokenness
beneath the surface.
When it's all you see,
beauty, flee
to the tree
Know it's fake
Couldn't be heartbreak?
When every point
Is perfect
Too perfect…
know then how much
is behind this mask
And all I ask…
Delf down deeper
Pain deep
as an oil well.
That's what you touch
Wash the walls
and open the windows
Mend her fragile heart
Give a long loving start
Allow her to let go
To have her show
These ghosts
That's been hosts
For too long
Drive them away
Because they
Don't belong…
Here,
Where
She has spoken,
Please let me
Be perfectly broken.
| Scheme | ABX CDDAC EEEFF XGGHII BXXH XXJJ KKAALMMLX XNEN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (68%) Etheree (38%) |
| Metre | 1 10 101 11110 11001 1001 0101 01010 11111 101 101 111 1011 11001 101 101 1111 10111 0111 1110 11 1111 1111 101 010010 10101 101101 010111 1101 11 111 111 1101 011 101 1 1 1110 111 110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 670 |
| Words | 144 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 5, 6, 4, 4, 9, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 40 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
The inspiration for this came from social media These flawlessly beautiful women Oftentimes paint away the pain and anguish they come from. To every woman who embraced the scars of the ghosts she had to live through.
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Written on February 12, 2023
Submitted by James25Knight on February 12, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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