Analysis of Inescapable
Erick Arvizu 1980 (Williamsburg, VA)
Rounding a corner to find you
Exhaling as my heart sighs
Anyone outside of us could see
What I believe is my best disguise
Entranced in a swirl of words
Soft touches, smiles, and laughs
We pass the moments unacknowledged
Unaware we are two halves
It’s paining as we separate
Moving along through our day
Mini heart attacks when I see you
There’s so much we don’t say
The inescapable truth of it
We’re playing a game just to play
Our flirtatious banter and longing
We can’t win at the end of the day
Yet in the dark of night it finds me
Weighing heavy on my heart and mind
Do you feel the same as I do
Or are you ignorantly blind?
| Scheme | ABCB XXDX DDAE DEXD CDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 10010111 11111 10111111 110111101 0100111 110101 110101 011111 111110 10011101 101011111 111111 00100111 01001111 1001010010 111101101 100111111 101011101 11101111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 631 |
| Words | 124 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
Two people flirting not wanting to admit their feelings perhaps.
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Written on July 16, 2021
Submitted by thepumpkinklng on July 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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