Analysis of Grief



I listened as the cold winds took away my dreams.
I pretended not to hurt, but my lips quivered and my eyes began to
water.
I started to cry.
The very breath in my lungs failed me.
As I long for the next beat to follow every beat of my heart so I long
for him.
And like an out of body experience, I heard the words come out of his
mouth.
I want to be with her, I love her.
The "her" was not me.
My eyes over flowed, as if a faucet stood open right above them.
I cried away all the belief that our life would forever be spent
together.
That we shall grow old and bear children in our love.
There our love died.
As if never born.


Scheme ABCDEFGHICEJKCLMN
Poetic Form
Metre 110101110111 10101111111011011 10 11011 010101111 11110111101001111111 11 0111110010011011111 1 111110110 00111 11101110101101011 110110011101101011 010 1111101100101 11011 11101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 132
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 477
Words per stanza (avg) 132
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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