Analysis of False Start
How long does the list go?
The first I can remember was Victor
But that man did not love me so
Then I met Adeola in his sector
The sunlight barely shined on that union
Making my eyes teary, I was always cutting onion
Of course, I got over it and had a different mishap with love
But now again I am back
With Adekunle who I thought was sent from above
But about me he does not give a jack
And once again with an all too familiar feeling, I am left
Lump in my throat, tightness in my heart, love bereft.
Do I fall in love too easily?
Or am I hopeless in love?
Do I fall for the wrong guys freely?
Or do I self loathe and not self-love?
Or perhaps it is my loneliness.
Making me desperate for hearth’s coziness
The agony within is too hard to bear
Is it my heart that is to easily swayed?
Do I truly love them or do I just despair?
Or am I fated to love, endlessly betrayed?
I think I need some form of healing
To forever stop this unbearable feeling
As the cycle repeats, love’s intricate art,
In this journey of love’s endless part,
A dance of hope and a meeting of heart,
Do I find content or a false start?
In the echoes of longing and shadows of doubt
I navigate this maze, seeking love’s route.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GDGDHH IJIJKK LLLLXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 0111010110 11111111 11110110 011011110 1011101111010 1111101010100111 1101111 1111111101 1011111101 0101111101010111 101110011101 111011100 1111001 111101110 111110111 101111100 1011011100 01000111111 11111111001 111011111101 111101110001 111111110 101011010010 10100111001 011011101 0111001011 111101011 00101100111 110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,210 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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