Analysis of Entrusted



Sleepless nights,
These thoughts won't cease.
I need your smile,
To feel at peace..

Feelings of guilt and
Exhilaration are tangled.
Desires of more,
My morals are mangled..

Reminding myself,
It is all for naught.
My feelings for you,
Are continuously fought.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 101 1111 1111 1111 10110 0010110 01011 110110 0101 11111 11011 1010001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 266
Words 55
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Written on December 12, 2022

Submitted on January 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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