Analysis of Unspoken Love



He stands before me, I stare in awe.
I try to be picky, but I don't see a flaw.
Proceed with caution; he could be a phony.
He said, ôHello, my name is Tony.ö
I tell myself, ôIt cannot be true;
How can this one be the one for you?ö
But still, a voice in my mind tells me not to be so blind.
We talked and we became good friends.
I didn't want to think that soon it would all end.
The day came to say good-bye.
I couldn't do it; I would cry.
I wrote him a note to explain
That saying goodbye would cause me pain.
He wasn't there as I drove away.
I hope to meet up with him again some day.
He was the one; I let him go.
Like a punch in the stomach,
Quite a hard blow.


Scheme ABCCDDEFGHHIIJJKLK
Poetic Form
Metre 110111101 111110111101 01110111010 110111110 11111011 111110111 11010111111111 11010111 110111111111 0111111 11011111 11101101 11011111 110111101 11111110111 11011111 1010010 1011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 651
Words 146
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 486
Words per stanza (avg) 144
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Submitted on September 05, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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