Analysis of "What Kind Of Fool Am I?"
"What Kind Of Fool Am I?"
I'm a long sighted fool;
I'm that fool looking across twenty five years at you, still in love with the woman as much as I was the girl.
I'm that "Spinners" fool;
That fool that knows that "Love don't love nobody," yet it's me who has to love you?
I'm that dreaming fool;
That fool waking up in the middle of the night screaming with tears and a broken heart, over and over again because you still won't choose me!
I'm that contradicting fool;
That fool who doesn't believe in destiny yet knows that fate won't let our love be a lie!
I'm that reminiscent fool;
That fool sitting in a bar listening to you say the word's that would echo with the hollowness of a truth come too late, "I should've been with you! "
I'm that desperately grasping for time fool;
That fool who sees time slipping through his fingers in someone else's hands and realizes that the lifetime that he seeks can only be found in this moment of truth.
I'm that 1st Corinthians 13:7 fool;
That fool whose Love; Bares all things, Hopes all things, Believes all things, Endures all things, and whose Love Never Fails!
I'm that fool for always loving you, fool who's still loving you!
Scheme | A BX BC BX BA BC BX BX C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 101101 111100110111110110101111101 11101 11111111111111111 11101 11101001010110110010110010010111111 110101 11110010100111111101101 110101 1110001100111011110101101111110111 11100010111 1111110111001101010010111111011011011 11111 111111111101110111011101 11111101111101 |
Characters | 1,206 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 59 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
I guess I am really just an every day fool, that fool who believes you can truly love everyone who the lord sends into your life. My problem was being the fool who wanted something in return! When you empty your picture and no one (or not the right one) is filling it up, you find that you are no longer pouring out love but pouring out need which can be mistaken for love.
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Written on September 09, 2005
Submitted by Spiritbreeze on October 05, 2021
Modified by Spiritbreeze on October 05, 2021
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