Analysis of Love left me wanting



I kissed him good-bye for the last time
Watched his figure disappear into the sunset
And squinted my eyes to the bitter end
Swearing I wouldn't miss a second of it.

As he turned away from me I caught a chill
All the hairs on my arms stood up
As if to say, "we're going to fight this"
But they didn't. And I didn't either.

Finally, there was nothing left but a blur
His shadow too had disappeared
I stood motionless, quiet, empty
Wondering how it was he made me feel so full

When love is gone, you know it.
Maybe you don't expect it to go, but it does.
When love leaves you wanting
Turn away and find another


Scheme XXXA XXXB BXXX AXXB
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011 1110010101 011110101 10110101011 11101111101 10111111 1111110111 1110011010 10011101101 111101 111001010 100111111111 1111111 101101111111 111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 592
Words 120
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by Trishna319 on May 13, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Patricia Carlin

I've been scrawling out rhymes since I was a teenager. Most of my work is about love or loss, two things I have considerable experience with. more…

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