Analysis of The Gruelling Wait
Morning came and found me here
Waiting for the healing of your touch
The sky was low and the moon so near
A soulful of hope and a dounting search.
This is where I last saw your smile
Under the lifeless gibbous light.
Night fell and found me lying still
Under the shadow of a lonesome cloud
If only your touch I could feel
I'd search for your hand in the buzzing crowd.
I'd been lying here for a little while
Long enough to see the day birth a starry night
Seasons came and found me waiting
Under the little tent we'd made
And every wind blew past carrying
A little scent of your hair and pomade
Our hearts had grown a little too fragile
And every beat brought with it a little fright.
I waited for you, my gentle one
I waited for you to come rescue me
You said you'd only be gone for a short while
But I grew old cuddling the lonely
Maybe you're still teaching the sun to smile
Or you're only coming home from too long a fight.
Scheme | XXXXAB XCXCAB DXDBXB XEAEAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 101010111 011100111 010110011 11111111 1001011 11011101 100110101 11011111 1111100101 1110110101 101110110101 10101110 10010111 0100111100 010111101 10111010110 010011110101 110111101 1101111101 11110111011 111110010 1011100111 111010111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 931 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
A poem about two people devoted to waiting for each other.
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Written on October 15, 2022
Submitted by euginekabasa on October 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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