Analysis of When Your Love Is An Illusion



When your love is an illusion, a fleeting dream,
A shimmering mirage in the desert's gleam,
In the depth of night, where shadows loom,
You find your heart wrapped in a mystic gloom.

In the realm of make-believe, you're ensnared,
By a love that once seemed so real, so cared,
But like a wisp of smoke in the night's confusion,
You realize you've been caught in an illusion.

The heartache is like a mirage's cruel game,
It's hard to accept that it's not quite the same,
Yet as the illusion fades into the morn,
From its grasp, a new strength is born.

For in the shadowed depths of what's unreal,
You learn to discern what's false from what's real,
You gather the pieces, your heart's reconstruction,
And find a love that's not an illusion.

In the process of healing, you'll find your way,
To love that's enduring, where shadows don't sway,
In time, your heart finds a brighter conclusion,
A love that's substantial, not just an illusion.

So let the illusion teach, and let it reveal,
That love can be true and remarkably real,
With each lesson learned, your heart's evolution,
Takes you beyond mere love's fleeting illusion.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGDD HHDD GGDD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111110100101 0100010011 00111111 1111100101 0011101101 1011111111 110111001010 11011101010 011101101 11101111101 11001010101 11101111 1001011101 1110111111 11001011010 0101111010 0011101111 1110101111 01111010010 011010111010 110010101101 11111001001 1110111010 11011110010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,127
Words 226
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on October 27, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 27, 2023

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