Analysis of To Love
I hate you.
I hate you for showing your pain
while I bury mine deep within
I despise you for needing attention
because I crave it so desperately
I resent you for being broken
because I am too.
My hate drowns
as it struggles to breathe
afloat in an ocean
of love.
I roll my eyes at the sound of your sobs
and all the same
my feet carry me to your side with haste
My mind grumbles like a petulant child
while I embrace you tightly like a mother
The complaints die before reaching my lips
replaced by words of comfort
I am here.
I love you.
I love you, and I’m hurting, so I hate you too
and tomorrow I will boss you around with petty demands
But today you need my love
unconditional
boundless
And it’s the easiest thing in the world to give.
Scheme | A XX BX BA XXBC XXX XX XXX A A X CXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11111011 11101101 1011110010 0111111000 101111010 01111 111 111011 010110 11 1111101111 0101 1110111111 1110101001 11011101010 0011011011 111110 111 111 111011011111 00111110111001 1011111 0100 10 010100100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Written on March 23, 2021
Submitted on September 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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