Analysis of Love Lost
When love speaks, her words are an orchestra
of harmonious sounds that resonate
rich and mellifluous in andante
When that love is lost, all that remains is
a sinew thin residue of moonshine
so fine, its threads stravaig - lost in greying,
As sun sweeps away the last star from sky,
these faint airs, once immured in my brain, now
drift to the winds and scatter like seasons
Should I feel remorse for daring such love?
Do I fear the scorn of scurrilousness?
Must I drink the cup of prosperity
One day, I know the winds will once more blow
seasons my way, when icicles will drip
from sills and snow will thaw its rills over
One day, I know the moon’s shine will dazzle
me with her crescendo of brilliant
legatos and motifs, and I’ll hear the
Until such time, the evocation of
stillness in the air ne’er dares me to pen
my woes, and write my thoughts with honesty
Scheme | A X X B X X X X X C B D X X X X X A C X D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111100 101001110 1010010 1 1111111011 0111011 111111010 1 1110101111 111110111 1101010110 1 1110111011 1110111 1110110100 1 1111011111 1011110011 1101111110 1 1111011110 110010110 10010110 1 011100101 1000111111 1101111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 952 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
A reflection on a love that could never be, but which had taken such a stranglehold over me, that I feared never recovering emotionally from the experience.
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Written on October 05, 2023
Submitted by susannaelliott on February 15, 2024
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