Analysis of A Little Bit



Wanting to move on,
But don’t want to forget.
Need to loosen the grip,
But if I do,
Will it be too loose,
That you’ll slip away?

I shall make a little box,
And fill it full of you,
I’ll tie it tightly shut,
And put it away,
For just a little bit.

And though I love you so,
I need to move on,
Because I need to make new memories,
And live my life again.

But when the time comes,
And I need to feel your comfort,
I shall pull box out,
Open it up,
And look deep in my heart,
I shall remember again,
But only for a little bit.

So with these last words,
I shall move on,
Though know I’ll always love you,
I just need to let go.

But only for a little bit.


Scheme axxbxc xbxcd eaxf xxxxxfD xabe D
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 111101 111001 1111 11111 11101 1110101 011111 111101 01101 110101 011111 11111 0111111100 011101 11011 01111110 11111 1011 011011 1101001 11010101 11111 1111 111111 111111 11010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 662
Words 170
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4, 7, 4, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

I wrote this about my Dad, who passed away.

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Written on 2019

Submitted by riot.llane.2003 on February 18, 2022

Modified on April 09, 2023

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