Analysis of A Cancer
Arman Hoque 1977 (Winnipeg)
I grew like a cancer in her,
Two young kids in love.
Moonlight dancer, pledging to her,
Not knowing what that talk is of.
Years it takes to finally understand,
The choices made at that last stand.
Excision of me and mine, expelled and banished.
All thoughts of forever vanished,
How did we last the day;
When we give up though we promised to endure come what may.
No justification, i won’t rationalize;
I won’t speak of that last look in your eyes.
This is what it feels like when love dies.
You and I emerge apart with a chance to rise.
Scheme | ABAB CCDDEE FFFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101000 11101 1101010 11011111 111110001 01011111 010110101010 11101010 111101 11111110101111 1001011100 1111111011 111111111 101010110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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A metaphor exploring forms of love
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