"To the Broken"

“To the Broken” Broken now, but always alone, Somethin’ ‘bout these people reminds me of home. Surely, we must ne’er show the lonesomeness, But all we know is lonesomeness. What we do is let people down; They have the buildup to be let down. How broken can one be? ‘Tis all I shall be. Why should this old thing be brought anew, While outside all old becomes dew? Many questions like beautiful butterflies, flutter in; All the while, it stays broken. For no one truly knows, This trouble ‘tis why everyone goes. Ne’er staying with thee, Leaving ‘till somethin’ better is found o’er than me. Broken, broken, Ne’er taught to let anyone in. She is the one who loved and lost, And sadly paid the cost. The house is a war zone, But all this girl is is alone. Fight ‘till nuthin’s left – down to the bone; All the emptiness resounding, alone. Broken now, but always alone. Robert Burns’ style can range from intensity to humor, but during Burns’ lifetime he suffered from depression. This depression caused Burns’ poetry to go from a high to a low. One of his poems that I chose to use as a guide was the poem called “A Fond Kiss”. In this poem, the rhyme scheme is AABBCCDD, AABBCCDD, AABCCDD. Burns’ was one of the most famous Scottish poets, so in his poems there was a sort of Scottish accent in them. He made it seem like this by adding words such as “lov’d”, “thee” and “alas”. The characteristics of Romantic Literature are a strong sense of the beauty of the world around us, a sympathy for underprivileged people, belief in liberty for the individual, vivid use of imagination, and an interest in legends and traditions. Burns’ used these characteristics many times in his poems like “A Red, Red Rose” and “Afton Water”. Also, in numerous poems of Burns’, they have a title that begins with “Address”, or “To”. In my poem, “To the Broken”, I had the Romantic characteristic of the individual when the narrator speaks of being alone and the lonesomeness. I also, followed the AABBCCDD, AABBCCDD, AABCCDD rhyme scheme and added some little hints of Scottish with words, including “nuthin’s”, “thee” and many more. To have my poem resemble more than “A Fond Kiss”, I had the title named “To the Broken” to show the similarities to other poems like “Address to the Devil”. I caused the poem to be a little gloomy since Burns suffered from depression in his life, making the poem symbolic.