Analysis of At Five To Eight
Next to the shop where you work
I pass by almost every night
to watch you while you close it
and regret that your heart doesn't want me.
Every evening at five to eight,
old friends know my way,
I'm passing by and watching you
and imagine you in my embrace.
You don't even pay attention,
for you I'm just one more passer by,
you don't know that my heart writes you
a hundred poems a day.
To express my love to you
I can only in poems,
because you won't let for once
to give us a chance.
| Scheme | XXXX XABX XXBA BXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 11111001 1111111 0011111011 100101111 11111 11010101 001010101 11101010 111111101 11111111 0101001 1011111 1110010 0111111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
"At Five To Eight" is a poem from a collection of poetry entitled "When you stay alone". If you liked it and want to order your copy of the book, you can through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/8690558810 Or support my work by buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zeraprinc
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