Analysis of Red and Blue, Oh Joanna I loved You



I’m sorry.
Roses are red.
Violets are blue
But I’m not the man for you.

Oh Joanna I’m sorry
It didn’t work out
But blooming flowers
And souls move on.

Opening into the fray
I didn’t get to say
What the colors spray.
It opens and bruises.

The many colors
Wide awake and tight,
But up and open
Sprouts a flower fountain.

The tears spray as the
Flower blooms
Colors of love and dooms,
An outcome of a curtain
Of misfortune.

Life goes on
But the flower tears and wilts
And we cry,
Though the flower is tight
And immortal.

But now it shades
A new hue.
Blue just for you
Though red is dead.

We stretched the flower
As wide as it would go.
Thou art mine
And always will be.

The new shade
Will cover us
As we move on.
A new life for me
And you that is blue.

Open and empty
Was my heart
That you tore apart,
But now it’s sad and true
Because I knew I loved you.

The many hues
Of our relationship
Is now gray
Except for the new
Bloom of blue.

A flower which
I had prepared
Just for you.


Scheme ABCC AXDE FFFX DGHH XIIHH EXXGX XCCB XXXA XXEAC AJJCC XXFCC XXC
Poetic Form
Metre 110 1011 10011 1110111 1010110 1111 11010 0111 1000101 11111 10101 110010 01010 10101 11010 101010 01110 101 101101 111010 1010 111 1010101 011 101011 0010 1111 011 1111 1111 11010 111111 111 0111 011 1101 1111 01111 01111 10010 111 11101 111101 0111111 0101 110010 111 01101 111 0101 1101 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 999
Words 231
Sentences 18
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3
Lines Amount 52
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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This Poem is from: I Am A Man As I Should Be: Poem Book 1, on amazon, It’s formatted in Kindle, large print, audio, hardcover, and paperback.

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Submitted by RonaldBunch on June 28, 2023

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Ronald Bunch

Ronald Bunch is a dedicated and passionate writer with a deep love for the art of poetry, science fiction, and fantasy. He’s committed to his Catholic faith and his work. Ronald's interests span a wide range, including writing, reading, social media, weight lifting, and riding an exercise bike. He’s on a journey to become a published author. He's writing a new book, he will seek an agent and traditional publication for it. He did volunteer work at Kids Food Basket, and Habitat for Humanity. He loves pizza and cats. His upbringing in Catholic schools and his birthplace in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, in 1982, have also shaped who he is today. more…

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