Analysis of Slow Dance
I’m nowhere near ready to even begin
thinking of marriage, but I’ll admit this:
Listening to those new songs brought
back old memories and future thoughts.
I remember slow dancing with you on
prom night and again at each banquet.
It felt like it was just you and there,
The rest of the world fell away- the music,
the lights, the rest of the room fell away
And it was just you and I.
There’s no need for thinking
and overthinking now.
The answer is crystal clear, even though
you have yet to ask.
Yes.
I want to feel like it’s just you and I forever.
I want to slow dance with you forever.
Scheme | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011001 1011011011 10011111 111000101 1010110111 110011110 111111101 01101101010 0101101101 0111101 111110 011 0101101101 11111 1 1111111101010 1111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 2 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
About this poem
This poem is inspired by an old flame.
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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