Analysis of Holding On and Letting Go
I was the type of person,
That held onto things too tight,
Unable to release my grip,
When it no longer felt right,
And although it gave me blisters,
And my fingers would all ache,
I always thought that holding on,
Was worth the pain it takes,
I used to think in losing things,
I'd lose part of me too,
That slowly I'd become someone,
My heart no longer knew,
Then one day something happened,
I dropped what I had once held dear,
But my soul became much lighter,
Instead of filled with fear,
And it taught my heart that some things,
Aren't meant to last for long,
They arrive to teach you lessons,
And then continue on,
You don't have to cling to people,
Who no longer make you smile,
Or do something you've come to hate,
If it isn't worth your while,
That sometimes the thing you're fighting for,
Isn't worth the cost,
And not everything you ever lose,
Is bound to be a loss.
By Erin Hanson thepoeticunderground.tumblr.com
Scheme | ABXBXXCXDEAEXFXFDXXCXGXGXXX X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 1110111 01010111 1111011 0111110 0110111 1111101 110111 11110101 111111 1101011 111101 1111010 11111111 11101110 011111 01111111 1011111 10111110 010101 11111110 1110111 11101111 1110111 101011101 10101 01101101 111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 895 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 27, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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