Analysis of II
If one day I find you in the meadows of my heart
And ask from whence you found your way and when you shall depart –
Please answer not you find the roses too sweet to resist
Nor that the sunset on the seas would be too sorely missed.
Speak not of evening strolls beneath the moonlit trees of spring
Nor of the song of crickets on the winds the summer brings
Linger not in autumn leaves, their scent left with you still
And leave no whispered vow upon your breath in winter’s chill
Indeed, my love…
Bathe yourself in blood and hate, resent what I have done
Bleed my sins upon the beaches ‘neath that setting sun
Rend my flesh and blind my eyes that I may witness not
The years of empty promises lain strewn about to rot
Burn the roses, braid the thorns, lashed tight around my skin
And lay waste to the meadow that I found you strolling in
When “another life” is merely ashes on the wind
Take your leave that I may never hear “almost” again
Scheme | AABBXXCC X DDEEFFXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111001111 01111111011101 11011101011101 1101101111101 1111010101111 11011101010101 1010101111111 01110101110101 0111 1010101011111 1110101011101 1110111111101 01110100110111 1010101110111 0111011111100 1010111010101 111111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 1, 8 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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