Analysis of Run Away



You opened up your heart to me,
And told me what's inside.
Perhaps persuaded by the liquor,
And maybe it hurt your pride.

But you didn't tell me anything,
That I didn't already know.
Even though I knew it,
It wasn't enough to make me go.

You've spent most of your life,
Running from place to place.
When things got to serious,
You were gone without a trace.

Protecting your broken heart,
And trying to ease your pain.
You found ways to cover up,
What was driving you insane.

You won't trust any man,
And want to do it on your own.
That is the very reason,
You always end up alone.

You used to cry at night,
Dreaming how life should be.
Afraid to take a chance,
You run away from me.

I know you are scared,
And don't know what to do.
I just want your love.
I pray it will come true.

What am I supposed to do,
If you won't give me the time of day.
Everytime we get close,
You always run away.


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD XEXE XFXF XAXA XGXG GHXH
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011111 011101 010101010 0101111 11101110 11100101 101111 110011111 111111 101111 1111100 1010101 0101101 0101111 1111101 1110101 111101 01111111 1101010 111101 111111 101111 011101 110111 11111 011111 11111 111111 1110111 111110111 10111 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 859
Words 178
Sentences 17
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on October 16, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Gary Ferris

Please visit my page on facebook: Poetry by Gary R. Ferris Jr.I have published 9 books which are titled: "The Sabbath Day-The Forgotten Gift", "Beyond Grace", "Above All", "Dark Shadow", "Storms of the Heart", "The Eyes Journey", "From the Inside Out", "Hand In Hand". and "Crawling Toward Heaven". more…

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