Analysis of THE RISKS WE TAKE
Is not taking the risk worth the risk?
Is not taking the plunge worth the calm?
Let me see then, what’s on your list?
Don’t tell me, staying put causes no harm
In a situation where platonic goes romantic
Should you pursue and risk what you have?
Or should you stop and stick with friendly antics
Such is the risks we take with love
I understand that in some cases it doesn’t work
Friends sometimes don’t end up in ecstasy
But is it not worth taking that risk?
Is it not worth knowing what could be?
I know you know which side I’d take
And you would probably ask me why
My answer will not be a second late
I’ll tell you, “I never felt a fit this right”
Scheme | AXXX XXXX XBAB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 111001101 111001101 11110111 1111011011 0001010101010 110101111 11110111010 11011111 10110110111 1011110100 111111011 111110111 11111111 011100111 1101110101 11111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 652 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
The poem is about trying to move past a platonic relationship in to something romantic.
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Written on 2017
Submitted by JayTaw15 on September 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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