Analysis of A Leo and a Lion



You had me hooked just by your care
Always with braids, you wore your hair.
When I first said I liked your mane,
a Leo king I soon would tame.

Your afro made my soul gleeful.
You were easy and so peaceful.
Don’t think I won’t remember us,
Before I put up such a fuss

And yes, I’m taking all the fault
for all those lines I always crossed.
Can’t hold onto our once before,
It’s always you that I’ll adore.

But I can say that for a fact,
I know lions don’t always attack.


Scheme AAXX BBCC XXDD XX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1111111 11111111 01011111 11011110 10100110 11110101 01111101 01110101 1111111 111010101 1111101 11111101 11101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 108
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

I wrote this poem after a breakup with my boyfriend at the time. I never told him I loved him and it breaks my heart to this day.

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Written on June 14, 2022

Submitted by itsedde98 on June 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robbie Haymer-Johnson

I grew up in Chicago and suffered from poverty, bullying, and depression. Writing became therapeutic for me and I now write any and everywhere, when I'm not gaming or reading. more…

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