Analysis of In My Mind You Don't Reside
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I have decided in my mind you don't reside.
Not anymore.
Like you occupied before.
I've stopped my crying.
I'm now dried up.
And living a giving that time to myself.
In my mind,
You have been gone and pushed aside.
With no regrets.
And...
Better I feel,
You don't affect my happiness.
In my mind you don't reside anymore.
I woke up and decided,
What my tears are cried for.
Since you've been gone,
I'm not alone or lonely.
Not like before,
When you were the one and only.
Since you've been gone,
This happiness I never felt before.
When you walked away,
And slammed the door.
I cried.
Not for me but for you.
Yes, I cried.
Because I realized and knew,
You did not know what you had.
And what you did not know left me glad!
We're through.
I've stopped my crying.
Now I'm all dried up.
No heart here is broken.
You for me,
Was just a token of love.
You made see,
I want more than a token.
In my mind you don't reside.
You made me realize...
I want more than a token love.
Not to lie or it to hide.
I want more than a token love.
Not to hide or lie about it!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100111101 101 111001 11110 1111 0100101111 011 11110101 1101 0 1011 11011100 011110101 111010 111111 1111 1101110 1101 11001010 1111 1100110101 11101 0101 11 111111 111 0111001 1111111 011111111 11 11110 11111 111110 111 1101011 111 1111010 0111101 11110 11110101 1111111 11110101 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,061 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 7, 11, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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