Analysis of Love Sick



I look out the window and I start to pine
For the girl that I know will never be mine.
She loves another and will be married soon.
The wedding may be as soon as next June.
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She has a really cute smile and a lovely face.
But if she marries she’ll be leaving this place.
I cry and I leave my tears on the pane.
But no one will notice because of the rain.
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For as much as I love her, I understand
That she doesn’t love me, but another man.
She’s the prettiest woman that I’ve ever known.
But soon she will be gone and I’ll be alone.
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When the time comes I’ll look deep in her eyes
Tell her I’m happy for her and tell her good-bye.
But she’ll still be the girl that will never be mine.
So I’ll go back to the window, look out it and pine.


Scheme AABB CCDD EFGG HIAA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101001111 10111111011 11010011101 0101111111 1 110101100101 11110111011 1101111101 11111001101 1 1111110101 1111110101 101001011101 11111101101 1 1011111001 101101001011 111101111011 1111101011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 737
Words 156
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 553
Words per stanza (avg) 156

About this poem

I was watching something on TV and this woman was sitting in front of a window while it was raining.

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Written on December 12, 2013

Submitted by UJ on August 02, 2021

Modified by UJ on August 08, 2021

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