Analysis of Copper and Tin
You compromised on those dreams of old;
The ones you thought were silver and gold.
You traded them in
For copper and tin,
And only did what you had to do.
You'd see it through — that much I knew.
You prowl the mansions of my mind,
And hold a key to every room.
I could make you leave, but I'm not that kind,
And besides, you still light up my gloom.
I never thought I'd be without
Your physical presence or your sweet voice.
Your spirit's here still, of that there's no doubt;
But when love's fire burned low you made your choice.
You compromised on those dreams of old;
The ones you thought were silver and gold.
You traded them in
For copper and tin.
You only did what you had to do,
But you saw it through;
Leaving me here, with memories of you.
Copyright © Robert Haigh 2013
Scheme | AABBcc dede fgfg AABBccc x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 011101001 11010 11001 010111111 11111111 11010111 010111001 1111111111 001111111 11011101 1100101111 1101111111 11110111111 11011111 011101001 11010 11001 110111111 11111 1011110011 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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