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
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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