Analysis of Heirloom



You've held my heart in your hands
Many times
And yet you've never known it
You treat a person's heart
Better than an heirloom
Not handle with care
But stroke gently with caring


Scheme ABCDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 101 0111011 110101 10111 11011 1110110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 171
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

This is about the 1st soul mate in my life. But I was already married at the time.. And so could not cross the line...

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Submitted by oldoccpu on September 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Will Martin

Writing and reading poetry for over 50 years. 2 chap books/vanity presses sold or given away. The 2nd book has original pencil art to accompany each poem. more…

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