Analysis of Voice From the Heart
Not seeing her for Thirty Years
Might make a man quite shy,
Not knowing how she might respond
Yet not afraid to try.
Not being there for all those times
Might make me feel Apart,
Not being exactly what she needs
Yet yearning for her Heart.
Not wanting time to pass me by
Might make me rush the pace,
And missing precious time to see
The wonder of her face.
Not ever being all she wants
Might cause a man to fear,
Not wanting to be less than all
Yet be what I appear.
Not saying words I want to say
Might be the lesser choice
Than being silent in her life,
So, I choose Poetry’s Voice
Scheme | ABCBDEFEBGHGIJKJLMNM |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11001101 110111 11011101 110111 11011111 111101 110010111 110101 11011111 111101 01010111 010101 11010111 110111 11011111 111101 11011111 110101 11010001 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 456 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem about being reunited with my wife after 30 years since we were teenage sweethearts. I chronicaled our reunion in my latest book, "Counting My Blessings."
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Written on May 02, 1995
Submitted by Yahoody on August 14, 2021
Modified on April 17, 2023
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