Analysis of Perfectly Damaged



The cracks run deep within my soul,    
Etched by trials I did not choose.    
Yet through these flaws I’ve learned to see    
The beauty that in brokenness grows.

My edges are sharp, my corners worn,    
I’ve been chipped and dinged and bent out of shape.    
But through the struggle I’ve found my strength,    
The fire that guides me on my way.

I am scarred but I am healing,    
I am wounded but I still dream.    
I am flawed yet I keep moving,    
I am broken but I gleam.   

For each crack lets the light shine through,      
And every chip reveals the glow within.    
My damage does not define me,      
My story’s just beginning.

So I wear my imperfections well,    
With pride and not with shame.    
For I know now it’s in the breaking    
That we become perfectly named.


Scheme XXAX XXXX BCBC XXAB XXBX
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Quatrain  (20%)
Metre 01110111 11101111 11111111 0101011 110111101 1110101111 110101111 010111111 11111110 11101111 11111110 1110111 11110111 01001010101 11011011 111010 11110101 110111 111110010 11011001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 798
Words 161
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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I’m perfect in my own ways but damaged along the ways fighting to become someone I am proud of

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Written on May 07, 2023

Submitted by Nschulz1220 on September 12, 2023

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