Analysis of The only one.



As I watch the rise of the morning sun.
I sit here and think, am I the only one.
That awaits each day with loathing fear.
So surprised I have made it through another year.
The happiness has all turned to sad.
Oh how has it gotten so, so bad.

Now I sit and watch the afternoon rain.
Wondering how I will face this pain.
You gave it to me when I left this place.
The rain mixes with the tears on my face.

Watching the evening sun sink below.
I lay my streaked face on the pillow.
I gave up on trying to be strong.
Now I know I must just move along.
Passing through the locked gates alone.
For all your sins I must atone.


Scheme AABBCC DDEE FFGGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1110110101 11101110101 101111101 101111110101 010011111 111110111 111010011 100111111 1111111111 0110101111 100101101 111111010 111110111 111111101 10101101 11111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 603
Words 127
Sentences 16
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on April 17, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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