Analysis of Harbouring Doubt
Sat on the sofa arm,
Charmed by the dark of the garden,
Letting my mind wander my thoughts unguarded
In that moment, more than I could feel, my doubt came home
From a long holiday away
Around the corner and over the hill
And we sat a while talking
And they sat next to the love in my life
Dulling the flame that burned so bright
Telling me to push it down deep
To bury it and let someone dig it up when I let them in
A treasure no one wants to find
One that no one wants to have
A treasure that kept me harbouring doubts.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 11011010 10111011010 0110111111111 1011001 0101001001 0110110 0111101011 10011111 10111111 110101111111110 01011111 1111111 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 409 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
About this poem
When I wrote this I was beginning to lean back into some negative behaviours; stress eating etc. And it was about how alone I felt despite knowing that I wasn't alone at all.
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Written on February 24, 2023
Submitted by Ajcc20 on February 24, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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