Analysis of Desire



The craving i had never felt before,
Has become of him.

The yearning to touch him,
Is no stronger than the fear of losing him.

The desire has grown in me,
To live ages with him.


Scheme XA AA XA
Poetic Form
Metre 0101110101 10111 010111 11101011101 00101101 111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 180
Words 43
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by rahatnaseerfaqeer on October 27, 2022

Modified on March 18, 2023

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