Analysis of First Sight
At first sight, something I knew
Never guessed when the time would come
So many nights had passed
Out of the blue we crossed paths
Your past made you resist
My heart had me persist
Finally, you realized I wasn’t dumb
13 years ago, we sure have grew.
| Scheme | ABCDEEBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 10110111 110111 1101111 111101 111101 100110111 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
This is the first poem I have ever wrote for my wife, after being married for 12 years. It is also the first poem I have wrote in over 15 years.
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Written on March 15, 2022
Submitted by justind.91305 on March 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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