Analysis of Growing Alongside by Raina Blesi
In laughter's embrace,
In play's gentle dance,
Nearly coexisting.
The lengthy phone calls,
From twilight to dawn's light.
Biking 'round the lake's edge,
Helping me move, emptying my house,
You bestowed upon me
The gift of feeling cherished,
Molding me into today's self,
Guiding my growth path.
You revealed life's beauty
In shared experiences,
The right companion
Shapes our best self's essence.
Yet, perfection rarely occurs on the first attempt,
We no longer stand together but
You taught me to stand alone.
Forever grateful,
I owe you an apology for the pain i’ve caused you,
But teaching me how to love, you've instilled.
I was too young to understand
All the lessons you were teaching me.
Now I understand.
You guided my love for him,
Showed me how to care,
To listen, to support,
To nurture his growth's flair and aid him through life.
You shaped me like water in a container,
Fluid and adaptable,
Now, I share my essence with him,
He's an angel in every sense,
Dark hair kissed by gold's grace,
Curls that bounce like spring,
A voice as heavenly as Gods symphony.
For the lessons learned from you,
Leading me to his love so true,
My gratitude forever remains.
If only we could return
To those childhood bike rides,
Late night phone calls,
And laughing about anything and everything.
But at the very least,
Thank you for shaping me to be perfect for him and I hope to have guided you the way you’ve guided me to him.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 01101 10010 01011 11111 101011 101110011 101011 0111010 10101011 10111 101110 0101000 01010 1101110 1010100110101 111010101 1111101 01010 11110100101111 1101111101 1111101 101010101 1101 1101111 11111 110101 11011101111 11111000010 1000100 11111011 111001001 111111 11111 01110011100 1010111 10111111 11001001 1101101 11111 1111 0100110010 110101 1111011101110111110101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,448 |
Words | 303 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
It’s a poem to my first love. I was 14 and it was never going to work. He was my best friend since I was little but the experiences I learned from him and that relationship have allowed me to have the happiest and healthiest relationship that I could ever ask for. It’s an appreciation piece to my former best friend and ex boyfriend for allowing me to grow as a person for my current boyfriend and hopefully future husband.
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