Analysis of People Don't Know What They Want



Looks to crave fade away.
Like things to want when shiny and bright.
Until aging begins to decay the image.

People don't know what they want.
To want.
Then get it.
People don't know what they want.
To want.

Variety is said to be the spice of life.
But how much spice becomes disliked.
Even if the price is right,
Yet incapable to satisfy the appetite...
Of scrutinizing eyes probing.
From head to toe.
Preparing to let go of that which has,
Fulfilled a wish quickly dismissed to forget.

People don't know,
What they want to want.
People don't want what nolonger,
Sustains a suitability to flaunt.
And keep appreciated.
With a staying that way to love.
A love not of things.
But what one brings from the heart that stays.

Looks to crave don't stay that way.
They fade with age.
But only in the heart does love grow,
As if brighter and better then ever.
Like life experienced blessed to get shared.


Scheme abx CCxCC xxbbxdxx dcexxxxx axdex
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111111001 011001101010 1011111 11 111 1011111 11 010011110111 11110101 1010111 10100110010 1100110 1111 0101111111 01011001101 1011 11111 101111 010010011 010100 10101111 01111 111110111 1111111 1111 110001111 1110010110 1101001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 900
Words 196
Sentences 24
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 8, 8, 5
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on May 19, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on May 19, 2023

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