Analysis of Love's Tragedy



You're full of gifts and vibrance,
Time spent leaves one delighted.
Deep connection -
Sharing thoughts held private,
No trust with most -
They get loud loud silence.
Creating a shroud of mystery,
This one that one
want to be next to me,
Hate the non-committal tendencies,
Wanting stability
while I'm drifting aimlessly.
To love and be loved
deepest by one?
Or by so many?

True love truly has a recipe:

Mixing in our own ingredients
    changes the taste
    we thought we liked
    but after sitting overnight
    we throw the whole dish out
    after an early morning bite.

Revenge isn't the only one with a dish.
Have you tasted Loves Tragedy?


Scheme AXBXXACBCACCXBC C AXXDXD XC
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 1111010 1010 101110 1111 111110 010011100 1111 111111 101010100 100100 1110100 11011 1011 11110 111010100 1001010100 1001 1111 11010101 110111 10110101 01100101101 11101100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 663
Words 136
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 15, 1, 6, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

This poem peers into a man's encounter with a mysterious woman that he very much admires. They both felt a connection and though she is desired and "loved" by many she offers to him a chance to go deeper. Therein lies the contest of this man grappling with the desire of connecting deeper with this sort of woman only to realize that altering true love's recipe ultimately leads to tragedy.

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Written on July 11, 2023

Submitted by kameley on December 15, 2023

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