Analysis of Dear Best Friend
Dear Bestfriend,
I don’t know where we went wrong
Or if we “went wrong”
At all
I know that we’ve grown
Further
And further
And further
Apart
After growing and learning
Together for so long
It’s strange
Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have thought we would be in this state
But here we are
I think it's healthy
Learning to travel apart
On two separate
Yet possibly parallel strands
Instead of competing
For who gets to stay ahead
But I still feel the ghost
Of, “what could’ve been”
The icy chill
When did the falling out begin?
There are times
When I’m stuck
In the past
Moments of flooding memories
That send me back
Yet,
Life finds a way
To push us forward
Where new opportunities
Apart
Are quartered
Whether it’s in someone new
Or a passion
That I’ve yet to pursue
So let us stay
On these separate strands
And if you want
We can still hold hands
Your Friend,
Angelina Mae Wilson
Scheme | abbx xcCCA dbx ax xaaeda afxf xxagx axagAa hih aeae ai |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 1111111 11111 11 11111 10 010 010 01 1010010 010111 11 11011111111011 1111 11110 1011001 1110 1100101 011010 1111101 111101 1111 0101 11010101 111 111 001 10110100 1111 1 1101 11110 110100 01 11 101011 1010 111101 1111 11101 0111 11111 11 0010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
This poem is very important to me because it talk about a ten year friendship that has gone through hundreds of ups and downs. I have finally pieces together a mature version of the things I would like to say to this person. I think it’s beautiful.
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