Analysis of When you go.



I am going to buy a little wooden box
Line it with white lace,
Inside I will place my heart,
Glaring red, against purity.

I am going to secure this little wooden box
Cold steel screws
Shut away my heart
Keep it safe.

Take my little wooden box.
Hold in your scholarly hands.
Treasure it as yours.
It is my gift.

Unlock my little wooden box
Release my dormant heart
Simultaneously beating
With yours forever.

For it was merely suspended
Journeying with you
On your pathway
Today and always


Scheme AXBX AXBX AXXX ABXX XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 111011010101 11111 0111111 10101100 1110101110101 111 10111 111 1110101 1011001 10111 1111 01110101 011101 0100010 11010 11110010 10011 111 0101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 493
Words 103
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

Written for my daughter when she went to Uni

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Written on May 09, 2016

Submitted by Juleiann on December 29, 2021

Modified on April 18, 2023

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