Analysis of If Never You Knew This
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If never again,
You and I...
Thought it love.
We once shared to have?
Those times in the past,
Are today now gone.
To be for us to see together.
Although you will always remain,
In my memory to reminisce.
The scent of your fragrance.
Regardless if others,
Believed our relationship unrealistic.
Yet, somehow,
And fir wharever the reason...
We knew from the start.
We would eventually grow apart.
Because of our differences.
Since...
You were an Orchid.
And I had the mane,
Of an untamed wild Dandelion.
And I knew right then,
Both of us were unable to resist...
The chances of taking temptating risks.
Especially the ones,
Too addicting to ignore.
For me it had been,
The petals of Tulips.
Yes, Tulips.
Opening before time allowed.
When we both were seen,
Daring to pluck fresh flowers to pick up.
Teasing us both to love or not love,
What could be love was not strong enough.
Yet...
You kept this 'thing' for Orchids
And there I had been rushing to strip bare.
As the Sunset arrived.
Leaving me to confess I did not care.
I had been there.
Yes, I was there.
Sniffing the freshness of Tulips.
Before and not after.
The Sun had yet,
Allowed the aroma of petals to fully bloom.
My anticipation could not wait.
In my mind I had no tolerance for patience.
If never you knew this I now to you confess.
My weakness to kiss,
The tenderness of soft Tulips.
With a curiousness to also rub,
Up and down my fingers around...
Their growing bulbs.
And the thickness of their stems!
Yes.
My mind was out of control.
I could not rest.
If you never knew this before,
I could not resist the scent of Tulips.
And rubbing down,
To touch their growing bulbs.
With a disbelieving,
I would and could not ever abandon them.
But then it happened.
I accepted a trip to Arizona.
Reluctant I was to leave behind,
My love and admiration for Tulips.
The ones I picked prematurely to pluck.
To become attracted to the pricks,
I now have for cactus.
This I did not then know,
I would grow to love even more!
Who knew,
What would make me rise before dawn!
To go on.
And on!
As my Tulips grew to feel abandoned.
And I admit to confess,
Life to live to explore and adventure...
Can not be stopped to drop,
Irresistible temptations.
Wherever they may be to start,
Another devotion to profess one's loyalty!
Who knew,
I would become such a hypocrite!
To love is to love and be loved!
Regardless who says what to rumor it.
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Metre | 11001 101 111 11111 11001 10111 111111010 111101 01100101 011110 010110 0110010010 11 011010 11101 1101000101 011101000 1 10110 01101 1111100 01111 1110010101 01011011 01001 1010101 11111 010110 110 10001101 11101 1011110111 101111111 111111101 1 1111110 0111110111 10101 1011011111 1111 1111 10010110 010110 0111 0100101101101 10010111 011111100110 110111111101 11011 01001110 1011101 10111001 1101 0010111 1 1111101 1111 11101101 1110101110 0101 111101 100010 11011100101 11110 1010011010 010111101 110010110 011101011 101010101 111110 111111 11111101 11 11111011 111 01 1110111010 0101101 1111010010 111111 0100010 01011111 0100101011100 11 11011010 11111011 0101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,397 |
Words | 537 |
Sentences | 61 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 14, 10, 11, 10, 7, 4, 4, 13, 2 |
Lines Amount | 87 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on September 13, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 13, 2023
Modified by lpahtillah on September 13, 2023
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