Analysis of A Rotten Tooth
When I met you
You were like sugar in my mouth
Melted gently in my tongue
Rushed around my body
Swore yourself to me like and oath
What I didn't know is you nestled in my tooth and made a home
A wicked smile was planted that I never saw
The sugar still sweet
My very first treat
Then I saw a glimpse
A glimpse of that tooth you nestled in so deep
After weeks I realised you were decayed
Still, I kept eating the delight I though was mine
Yet I lied
I was in your control
My tooth now breaking like my crumbled heart
Realisation of my treat going far
The rotting stench of the corpse I call myself
The sugar in my mouth
The taste I can't get rid
Even though you rotted me to the core
That sweet treat I desire more and more
Scheme | XAXXX XXBB XXXX XXXXX AXCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 10110011 1010011 101110 10111101 1110111100110101 010111011101 01011 11011 11101 01111110011 101111001 111100011111 111 110101 1111011101 1111101 0101101111 010011 011111 1011101101 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
Falling in love with someone who is sweet, but then becomes toxic. Even when the relationship is over, you still desire that sweet affection you once had
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Written on June 15, 2020
Submitted by leos.14629 on November 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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