Analysis of No
Elizabeth Cardona 2008 (Manhattan)
How does it feel
To be trapped in a room
Where you know you shouldn't be in
Trapped with a feeling of disgust
Wanting to scream for help
Your insides shifting
Heart impatiently beating
And all because they fein for something
They can’t have
Touching what does not belong to them
My mother always taught me no means no
But when the world sees a no as a yes
When your words are trapped on the tongue
“No stop”
“I don’t want this”
But all you can say is please
Pathetic
How come I can speak
Where my words do not belong
But when my life
My dignity
My innocence
Is on the line
And all I can mutter
Is a simple please
When my head is screaming
“NO!”
That moment where your body is no longer yours
When your taking orders from another
Completely vulnerable in your own skin
Hoping that it's only for a moment
Trying to find comfort in the dark
Trying to find peace after all is said and done
Was it my fault?
Am I to blame?
Oh to find peace
In a dark and twisted place
Scheme | XXA XXBB BXX CXX XXD XXXX XXXED BC XEAXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 111001 11111010 11010101 101111 10110 1010010 010111110 111 101110111 110111111 1101101101 11111101 11 1111 1111111 010 11111 1111101 1111 1100 1100 1101 011110 10101 111110 1 110111011101 1110101010 01010000111 1011101010 101110001 101111011101 1111 1111 1111 0010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 2, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem based on sexual assault because I feel like s/a is such a taboo subject and people will never really know what it feels like.
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Written on March 11, 2023
Submitted by destinycardona11 on March 11, 2023
Modified on April 25, 2023
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