Analysis of Forever Mine

Dominique Phelps 1991 (Galesburg IL)



My world was full of darkness,
Until you came and brought light.
A smile that was once dull,
Shined again so bright.

I trusted no one,
Doubt was in control.
You showed me how to take a chance,
You brought back my lost soul.

I tried so hard to resist,
Telling myself we're just friends.
What future could we have,
Our worlds are on opposite ends?

My head said give up,
But my heart was taking over.
I didn't know if I was ready,
To begin with a new lover.

You tried to push me away,
But you already had my heart.
With both of our troubled pasts,
We deserved a fresh start.

You told me first,
That you were falling in love.
I felt it too as I fell,
All the way to the stars above.

We took the plunge,
And planned a life.
I was scared from my trauma,
It still cuts like a knife.

My love for you still grows,
You are my best friend.
Our hearts forever beat as one,
Until the very end.


Scheme XAXA BCXC XDXD XEXE XFXF XGXG XHXH XIBI
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1111110 0111011 011111 10111 11011 11001 11111101 111111 1111101 101111 110111 101111001 11111 11111010 110111110 10110110 1111101 11010111 11110101 101011 1111 1101001 1111111 10110101 1101 0101 1111110 111101 111111 11111 101010111 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 893
Words 216
Sentences 16
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

This was written for my boyfriend, who lives out of state. I wrote this for the one year anniversary of when we first started talking since high school. I wrote this to show him how much he means to me and my love for him is eternal.

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Written on December 21, 2021

Submitted by dom91 on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dominique Phelps

I'm a mother of two sons who recently got divorced last year. I live in my hometown and work as a bus monitor. I love writing, especially poetry. I'm currently taking online classes for a creative writing degree. more…

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