Analysis of Miss Missing . . .



I found the cigarette she left behind.
It was only a thought, but it meant so much.
Maybe this time she'd be back;
Maybe she'd remember that I loved her.
My thoughts are exhausted.
This wonderful hell has become my home.
I can't complain though; this is what I wanted yesterday.
I missed missing her. . . .

Even my waitress began to resemble her,
My 57-year-old waitress. . . .
I found myself on a subway
I hate subways. . . .
She loves them, always has, and always will.
I loved the way she'd pout when the rain fell hard through the trees
It made my world seem so clear.
I remember she'd whisper to herself,
"Always is a word without an end."
It had never made any sense to me until I realized,
I'll always miss missing her.


Scheme XXXAXXBA AXBXXXXXXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 110011101 11100111111 1011111 1010101110 111010 1100110111 1101111111010 11100 101100110100 11110 111101 111 11111011 11011110111101 1111111 1010110101 11010111 111011011101110 111100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 708
Words 133
Sentences 22
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 11
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 273
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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