Analysis of To fix this broken bridge



These cinders fall to the waters below,
I am lost, scared, alone,
She felt the urge to burn it and burn it she did,
And here I am… alone, alone.
As my heart pumps and lurches forth
I feel the calm – the urge, “Let go”
This Anniversary… alone, alone.

I confide a hero I could have been
But these ashes and charred remains
Only fall to the sea of brokenness and disappointment
The distance of this canyon only grows
And her green eyes disappear... she fades
“I love you i really do…” she claims from the arrow’s note
“sorry again” I falter… I crumble…
Alone…


Scheme ABXBXAB XXXXXXXB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101001 111101 110111101111 01110101 11110101 11010111 101000101 1010101111 11100101 101101110010 0101110101 00110111 11111011110101 1001110110 01
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 570
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 8
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Elliott McDowell

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