Analysis of Misplaced
His sweet mind wasn't mine to love.
Too bad I didn't see age for what it was.
I thought I was too pretty then but not pretty enough to count in other ways.
My self involvement got the better of me.
Temporary money wasn't the question.
The confessed friendship short and real.
Reputation didn't matter then, only survival and sanity was the lesser evil.
Along with it.
Yet underlying fear and discomfort could not maintain itself on love.
Now age catches me again but not off guard, but on equal footing. Something to protect. Cherish even. Respect truthfully.
Look in the eye and accept as elder to elder.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHADI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 11110111111 11111101111001110101 11010101011 1001010010 00110101 01010101100100100101010 0111 10101001011010111 1110101111111101010101101001100 1001001110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Written on April 25, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on April 25, 2023
Modified on April 25, 2023
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