Analysis of When I hold you in my arms



When I hold you in my arms what do I feel?
Something I cannot express with words.
It is tenderness that warms my heart.
When I’m injured, your warm phrases heal
Every wound that tortures me and hurts,
Every pain that tears my chest apart.
It is happiness that I do not know how
Makes me fly up high and touch the sky,
Makes me smile when I wake up at dawn.
Everything around gets bright somehow,
And I’m sure this feeling will not die.
What’s inside my heart cannot be gone.
It is peace that everybody needs,
Even those who like to live at strife,
Those who very often draw a sword.
And you show me with your words and deeds
That wholeheartedly you want your life
And my life to be in full accord.
It is passion that inflames my flesh,
And sometimes its fire is so strong
That its tongues can even scorch my bones.
Such a heat is able to enmesh
All my heart and body for so long,
That by touching I can melt the stones.
It is love, a gift sent from a star.
And this feeling is so great and pure,
It enslaves our souls and makes them free.
And in love with me you also are,
That is why I am completely sure
That together we are meant to be.


Scheme ABCADCEFGEFGHIJHIJKLMKLMNOPNOP
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110111111 101100111 111001111 111011101 1001110101 1001111101 11100111111 111110101 111111111 1001111 011110111 001111011 11111001 101111111 111010101 011111101 110001111 011110101 111010111 001110111 111110111 101110101 111010111 111011101 111011101 011011101 111010111 001111101 111110101 101011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,145
Words 250
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 30
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 884
Words per stanza (avg) 228
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Submitted by D_Michael on February 26, 2020

Modified by D_Michael on January 21, 2024

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Michael Demian

Michael Demian is a poet, translator and teacher. He writes poems in English, Russian and French. In his works he pours out his heart, shares his inner feelings and thoughts. more…

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