Analysis of A Loss




It has been years—it seems like a moment
Spiritual intimacy knows no time
It celebrates our coexistence
Beautifily sublime

There is no answer.
The suffering- like a perpetual open wound never heals
You hide, you tender the wound- but the wound remains
While no longer apparent- the pain is ever real

Blame has lessened
What difference does it make??
If it were reversible- myself instead
But life is more savage and will not release what it takes

So you get up
Face the day's trials and tribulations
Beneath the face you prepare
You weep


Scheme XAXA XXXX XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 1111111010 10001000111 11010010 101 11110 0100100100101101 111100110101 1110010011101 1110 1100111 1100100101 11111001101111 1111 101100010 0101101 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 524
Words 94
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted by bkurple on October 23, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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