Analysis of Loneliness of the Heart
Tommy L. Maddox 1972 (North Carolina)
A couple walks in love's embrace,
content and silent with total grace.
I watch from the shadows,
a soul not loved.
For it is my folly,
my personal prison.
My heart lies in darkness,
cold, empty, and without vision.
One day though she will come,
to unlock my shackles with the key,
I lost so long ago.
For now, this is where I shall reside,
in the shadows watching.
waiting for the one,
who will be my savior.
Bringing kindness and love,
to my dismal entrapment.
Here I remain for now,
hopeless and lost.
Tormenting myself,
in the loneliness of the heart.
| Scheme | AAXXBC XCXBX XXCXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 100101101 11101 0111 111110 110010 111010 11000110 111111 101110101 111101 111111101 00110 10101 111110 101001 1110010 110111 1001 101 00100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
One of my first poems
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Written on April 22, 2023
Submitted by tmaddox3 on April 22, 2023
Modified on April 22, 2023
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