Analysis of Nightmare
Jonathan Timothy 2003 (Plateau state)
When all I see is complaining and nagging,
I watched you and her
Under the street light pole,
I begged for mercy
Hoping to come back home
But my emotions kept failing me,
Bringing back the pictures of you and her
Under the street light pole
Standing side by side,
Exchanging kisses like you have never been kissed before.
Is loving you a crime?
If yes, what's my offense?
If loving you is an offense,
What price do I have to pay?
If loving is a sin,
I'd rather go to hell
So as to make you mine.
If loving you is a sickness,
I'd choose to be your headache
And not your cure.
If loving you is a life time sleep,
I'd choose not to wake up and face reality.
You have once loved me to the core
But now all I can see in you is a changed man.
You have always promised to be with me till eternity,
Now reality has taken place in time.
Do I still deserve those sweet names you do call me,
Or am I an enemy to myself?
Living under the shadows of lies
With the man I called my own
Even when we took an oath together,
Thinking we'd be together,
Till death do us part.
Scheme | xaBcxcaBxd effxxxxxxxxc dxcecxxxaax |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010010 11100 100111 11110 101111 110101101 1010101100 100111 10111 01010111101101 110101 111101 11011101 1111111 110101 110111 111111 11011010 111111 0111 110110111 1111110110 11111101 111111011011 11110111110100 110110101 111011111111 111110011 10100111 1011111 1011111010 1011010 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 12, 11 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
About this poem
The poem is about the one you love and the pain you have to go through for loving someone.
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Written on July 10, 2022
Submitted by timothyjonathan483 on July 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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