Analysis of Fifteen
It started when we were just kids
I was happy just to stare at you every recess
And wait for that smile with short glances
Never really caring where it leads
So I mustered enough backbone
Although it took me an entire year
To go to the nearest payphone
So your voice I can finally hear
It’s funny that even with just a short time
And armed with only a few dimes
Talking to you, I dare say
Was the highlight of my day
Then grade school ended, we lost touch
And I was missing you so much
But we had to get through our high school days
And live our separate ways
Who would’ve thought
That our paths again will get caught
In a time of our lowest
We found each other in life’s big forest
This is almost perfect
You’re everything I prayed for
But why am I in such a wreck
Knowing it would be hard for us to stay on the same floor
But I know what I have to do
Cause I’ll be damned if lose you
I will take that 13,000 kilometers away
To wake up with you… everyday
Scheme | XXXX AXAX XXBB CCDD XXEE XFXF GGBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 11011011 11101111110001 011111110 101010111 1110011 111110101 1110101 111111001 11011011011 01110011 1011111 101111 11110111 01110111 11111110111 0110101 111 110101111 00111010 1111001110 11101 110111 11110101 10111111111011 11111111 1111111 111101001 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
15 is my favorite number for a reason, it was because of a childhood crush who wore the same number. We happen to bump in to each other again after 20 years.
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