Analysis of 'My Unfinished Song'



I hope those I love, don't get this all wrong
I've written many stanzas to my unfinished song
But all of a sudden; everything turned around
My soul is still speaking, but I don't hear it's sound.

My guitar sits un-dusted, my notepads untouched
My keyboard's outdated, my voice turned to rust.
Another sun rises but not really for me..
I wish I had found that one perfect key...

To open my heart and my soul and my mind..
All flowing together, at the very same time.
Maybe there's still time to turn this around;
And the next time my soul speaks; I will hear its sound.


Scheme AABB XXCC XXBB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111111111 1101010110101 11101010101 111110111111 10111101101 111011111 010110111011 1111111011 11011011011 110010101011 1011111101 001111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 573
Words 119
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 36

About this poem

I think poets all enter into periods of depression occasionally, and that seems to be where I've been stuck for a few months. The good news is...I think I'm emerging :)

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Written on June 23, 2023

Submitted by lovingempath on June 23, 2023

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Robin Loving

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