Analysis of Sacrifices



Oh how bittersweet a moment
such as this is, knowing never again
will I lay my lips on yours, cup my hand
in your hand and wrap myself in your arms,
only because you said, somehow from this
we can both be happy.
I do not understand, I will never understand.
I only said that if you were unhappy, I wouldn’t
make you stay. You must let go of that which
you love, for keeping it and loving it will not
make it love you in return.
I suppose sacrifices such as these are humbling.
They hurt, but remind me I am still human.


Scheme ABCDEFCAGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010 1111101001 1111111111 011011011 100111111 111110 11101111001 1101111001011 1111111111 111101010111 1111001 1011001111100 11101111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 521
Words 109
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 401
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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