Analysis of Space filler
You know that feeling?
Lonely, empty, hollow...
We tried to make it last
but our feelings refused to stay.
They all said, “true love never dies...”
but hasn't it?
That fateful day lingers in my mind
icy chills, although it was summer.
I wonder if you think of me,
every time you hear that song.
Do you hurt like I do?
I haven't even received a phone call...
I think back to this summer,
sprawled out in the grass;
The thumping of your heart
helping me drift off to sleep.
Now last spring comes easily to my mind,
you picking fresh flowers from the garden for me.
I recall winter now,
cuddled up next to the fire.
That existential laugh of yours,
as I attempt to belt out carols.
I’m straining to recall autumn,
but its fading away from me now.
I guess it's better that way...
Numbness remains inside,
and the only thing I can think of to make it disappear
is move on…
When I wake up and see his head on your pillow
it makes me cringe.
I wonder if he knows
he’s just your space filler.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLHMNOGIPHQRSPDTUVBWXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 101010 111111 110100111 11111101 1101 110110011 10111110 11011111 10011111 111111 1101001011 1111110 11001 010111 1011111 1111100111 110110101011 11101 10111010 110111 110111110 1101110 111001111 1111011 100101 00101111111101 111 111101111110 1111 110111 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 963 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 750 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 190 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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