Analysis of Pieces of my Heart

Sherry Caayupan 1980 (Davao city)



My heart is scattered,
Every inch of it in melancholic cry;
In a split of second my dreams shattered,
Even if I love again or try;

I see my reflection in the mirror,
A nostalgia of sadness;
Tears from my eyes spurred,
My face left lonely and clueless;

Love gave joy as God's creation,
Then why am I drenched in wine?
Love deserves life's retribution,
Be brought again alive;

If there's a bit of hope that springs,
I'd live more than a hundred forty;
I could have let more or everything,
Love would breathe eternally.


Scheme ABAB XCAC DXDX XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11110 10011100101 0011101110 101110111 1110100010 0010110 11111 11110010 11111010 1111101 1011010 110101 11011111 111101010 11111110 1110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 501
Words 95
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

This poem is about sadness.

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Written on July 31, 2021

Submitted by Pink_Crystal on July 30, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sherry Caayupan

Sherry Caayupan is a poet from the Philippines. more…

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