Analysis of desperation



This won’t be the last time,
You promised me you’d stay
Through the good and bad.
To call when I needed help,
And never stop reminding
You that I love you.
You told me,
You’d stay. You
Said it
Wasn’t the
Last
Time


Scheme ABCDEFGFHIJA
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 110111 10101 1111101 0101010 11111 111 111 11 10 1 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 224
Words 50
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 43

About this poem

I didn't want to forget the feeling of her hand in mine, but as fast as her fingers slipped away, the ache grew

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Written on January 10, 2023

Submitted by amelia_t on January 10, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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