Analysis of Flames



We're two flames.
That's what you told me as I lay in your arms.
You took out your lighter lit it and told me to do the same.
I agreed.
With both of our lighters lit you moved your hand next to mine.
You put the flames together and said it was us.
You said that together we create something strong, something wonderful.
Then you pulled the flames apart and said that apart we were two separate flames.
Yet again you put the flames together and said these words "but together we are stronger".
It was then that you made my heart race.
You sent shivers down my spine and I looked up at you.
It was then that all of the grudges I secretly held against you vanished.
It was that moment that I officially realized you might be the one.
It was in that second that you stole my breath away.
But my mind crossed a thought that was brung to life through my lips.
"What happens when you put out the flame?"
I don't think you heard me.
Either that or you didn't want to respond.
But even I am gonna ignore that thought and rather remember that we are flames.


Scheme ABCDEFGAHIJKLMNCOPA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 11111111011 111110110111101 101 111101011111111 110101001111 11101010110110100 111010101101101101 1011101010011110101110 111111111 1110111011111 1111110101100101110 111101101001011101 1101101111101 11110111111111 110111101 111111 10111101101 110111001110100101111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,048
Words 222
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 816
Words per stanza (avg) 204

About this poem

Something my ex said to me, and I wrote.

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Written on January 24, 2022

Submitted by LillianV on April 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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