Analysis of Illusion
Once we were together.
I thought it would be forever.
But you surprised me and went too far.
Opening my soul and leaving an ugly scar.
Like a grape that falls off the vine.
I am moving along, leaving you behind.
With harsh words you tried hard to even the score.
But now you cannot hurt me anymore.
‘Fore I have learned time after time.
That love is just an illusion that hate hides behind.
| Scheme | AABBXC DDXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 110010 11111010 110110111 100110101101 10111101 11100110101 11111111001 111101101 11111101 1111101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on April 17, 2012
Modified by Brokenoifvet on April 11, 2021
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