Analysis of What I want



The sun sets
ending another day
and i grow weary
wanting to lay myself to rest

sleeping a deep sleep
without worry or concern
no pain nor sorrow
waiting, wanting or searching

Just a peaceful rest
till i, one day again
recover the will to
keep going

maybe what i want
or crave is unattainable
possibly it doesnt exist
or maybe just not for me

I know it's out there
seeing it all around me
every second of the day
with every turn of my head

but when i get close
and what i search for
is just within my reach
it slips thru my fingers

so with each passing day
i sit and watch the sun set
and feel my life slipping away
farther and farther from happiness

some say to love and have lost
is far better to have never loved at all
but to me, losing a love
is the most painful of all


Scheme XABC XXXD CXXD XXXB XBAX XXXX AXAX XEXE
Poetic Form
Metre 011 100101 01110 1011111 10011 0110101 11110 1010110 10101 111101 010011 110 10111 1110100 1001101 1101111 11111 1011011 10010101 11001111 11111 01111 110111 111110 111101 1101011 01111001 100101100 1111011 11101110111 1111001 1011011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 745
Words 159
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by Airric on January 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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