Analysis of Not Mine
You're not mine
Yet sometimes I wish you were
I know you don't want to be mine
Yet I wish you did
And I've created this idea in my head
An idea that you want me but keep it from everyone
Including yourself.
It drives me crazy
Cause I know you don't want me
But It's all kind of hazy.
You don't want me the way I want you
You're not mine
And as much as I try to get over that
sometimes I wish you were
But you're okay with not being mine
And that hurts me inside
Even if I show it doesn't and even if I say I'm over you
I've come up with this delusion that you secretly want me
But you won't let yourself believe it
And I wish upon stars that I can make you mine
I wish upon stars I'll wake up to you confessing your feelings
Yet you've told me them before,
You do not want me.
And I can't get over that.
So, I've spent nights alone wanting to say “I love you”
And I still wake up smiling
Just because I'm happy I even get to see you again
I smile at you daily wishing you'd smile back
And I stare from across the room, wishing you'd stare back
So, I can see your amazing smile and your gorgeous eyes
I wish you loved me like I love you
Yet that's just a dream
And I've tried facing reality
But it keeps swatting me away,
Screaming in my face
That you are okay with not being mine
I don't know why you don't love me like I love you
But I can dream
I can wish
I can hope
And I can believe
Even if I know they'll never come true.
And you'll never love me like I love you.
Scheme | AbacdefggghAibajhgkalmgihnoppqhrgstahruvwhh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1011110 11111111 11111 010101010011 10101111111110 01001 11110 1111111 1111110 111101111 111 01111111101 011110 11111101 011101 101111100101111101 111110101110011 111101011 011011111111 1101111111010110 1111101 11111 0111101 1111011011111 0111110 101110110111101 11111010111 0111010110111 11111010101101 111111111 11101 0111010 1111101 10011 111111101 111111111111 1111 111 111 01101 1011111011 0110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,517 |
Words | 352 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 43 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 310 |
About this poem
I was in love with my best friend but they did not feel the same. I wrote poetry as a way to express myself hence this exact poem.
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