Analysis of What is Love?



Some say it’s where you blush around someone.
Others say it’s when you would do anything for them.
Some even say that it’s where you sacrifice anything for them.
Most say it’s when both people care deeply for each other.
Movies show the love where both are single.
Very few talk about love when someone is dating someone else.
Although, that is the love that hurts the most.

It leaves your heart broken.
It leaves your soul hurting.
It leaves your heart doing cartwheels around them.
It leaves your mind longing for them.
It leaves you scared of what would happen if they found out.
It leaves you blinded from everything around you.
It leaves your imagination running rampant
As if playing with a brand new toy.

For some, they become closer with their crush,
Hoping that they’d notice them.
Although, they end up comparing themselves to their competitors.
It causes you to sink into the pit of depression.

It breaks you down over time,
Tearing at your confidence,
Turning your self-love to self-hate.
It will continue to harm you until you satisfy it,
In some cases, they give up,
They lose hope,
They lose the will to live.

I should know,
For I’m being torn apart from the inside.
Hating myself for loving them.
They’re happy and smiling,
While I’m wearing a fake one.
Wishing that selfish wish,
That something might happen between them and their partner.


Scheme ABBCXXX ADBBXXXX XBXA XXXXXXX XXBDAXC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011 101111111011 11011111101011 11111101101110 1010111110 10110111111011 111011101 111110 111110 1111101011 11111011 1111111101111 11110110011 11100101010 111010111 1110110111 1011101 111101001110100 11011101011010 1111101 1011100 10111111 11010111011101 0110111 111 110111 111 11101011001 1011101 110010 1110011 101101 1101100110110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,376
Words 273
Sentences 23
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 4, 7, 7
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 215
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Written on March 18, 2022

Submitted by Felis.vivus on April 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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