Analysis of heartache
i sit down on a gray leather seat
and my heart takes control
oh, it aches for the happier days
the gingerbread houses made from graham cracker days,
the animal crackers in paper cup days.
and, oh, it aches for the yellow bus days,
we would joke around about
any thing
oh, brain!
i loathe you!
how you have taken me away
from that
from all the days
i would sit and eat and read
about the things i care of most
oh society!
how have you done this!
taken away mine- and all of our-
childhoods
because we cannnot be cringey
as tweens
anymore
oh friends!
i love you all!
but if i speak when i was a kid,
i am boring!
oh soul!
i know you hate you.
but maybe nostalgia will help.
it seems to.
oh heart!
i know this hurts
all these memories of the past
while she- young me
must look at future me
i know it hurts
to see her face
and mine
as i see it too
she has hope
and strength
i have not.
she has dreams
i will fulfill those
not for her
but for you, heart
i will defy brain
as you wish,
you can have control,
but, alas
i am still young
i still am rated on how well i do
on a test
so you must wait
and until then
all i will have
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101101 011101 111101001 010101110101 01001001011 0111101011 1110101 101 11 111 11110101 11 1101 1110101 01011111 10100 11111 1001101110 1 011111 11 01 11 1111 111111101 1110 11 11111 11001011 111 11 1111 11100101 1111 111101 1111 1101 01 11111 111 01 111 111 11011 110 1111 11011 111 11101 101 1111 1111011111 101 1111 0011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,091 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 7, 7, 4, 4, 14, 10, 2 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Written on June 25, 2021
Submitted by taylor-ly on June 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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