Analysis: Poem #4

ANALYSIS

As implied by the title of this poetry collection, the poems within it touch on the topic of love, loss, hardships, and healing. In the case of this poem, Kaur writes about her break-up and reunion with her significant other, specifically, how she coped with and ultimately resolved this conflict in her relationship.

When explaining the structure of this poem, Kaur labels it as a "circle" poem, which she describes as a poem whose beginning and end contain either the same or similar words, sentence structures, and formatting (Kaur, Healing Through Words 202-203). Upon further analysis of this poem, it can be seen that its beginning and end contain a similar choice of words and follow the same structure, as shown in the comparison below:

Lines 1-4 reads

│i broke up with the person i love

│left my friendships behind

│moved cities

│but i still woke up

Whereas lines 10-13 read:

│i woke up

│i moved back to my city

│made up with all my friends

│and kissed the person i love