Analysis of To Have Not
Days go by...sunny, warm days.
But I'm cold inside, wanting to see you.
I want to understand what changed.
Without that, I'm stuck in cold, damp rains.
\How can you turn on me so fast?
Why can't I make a moment last?
You are in my head all day,
But for you, the same, I cannot say...
\Do you think of the time we had?
Do you know you did me wrong?
Do you think you're really that strong?
Your cowardice is what is showing,
For we both know that you can't love.
Because you hate yourself so much.
And now I do too...but I still miss your touch...
Scheme | ABCDEEFFGHHIJKK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111 1110110111 1110111 011110111 11111111 11110101 1101111 111011101 11110111 1111111 11111011 110011110 11111111 01110111 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 401 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
About this poem
And when that slick veneer washes away to reveal that classic emotional vampire sucking out your joy and happiness and innocence.
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Written on May 26, 2008
Submitted by monal on September 01, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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