Analysis of Missing You
I made a swing from the soft clouds,
where I hang upside down,
gazing at the Earth below,
searching for you.
I comb valleys, streams and plains,
seas and city streets,
mountains, hilltops,
forests, deserts, caves and canyons.
I seek you,
for I have missed you,
all my life.
Where can you be?
Do you hide?
I long to hear your voice,
lay my hand upon your face.
I want to know who you are,
for I have missed you all my life.
I probe with the stars at night,
hanging from my swing as I stare below.
Listening, softly, gently, for your heart beat,
to let me know where you are,
for I have missed you all my life.
I travel the Earth using my senses,
feeling the sway of trees, song of birds,
roar of lions, peaceful chatter of dolphins,
soft step of the ants.
waves crashing against the shore,
I feel it all....
I wonder, do you not see me?
Glistening under the stars at night,
hanging from my swing of clouds?
There I am for all the World to see,
and yet,
It is only your eyes I breathlessly await,
for I have missed you all my life.
Scheme | axbc xxxdcce fxxxgE hbxgE xxdxxx fha fxxE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (31%) |
Metre | 11011011 111111 1010101 1011 1110101 10101 101 10101010 111 11111 111 1111 111 111111 1110111 1111111 11111111 1110111 1011111101 10010101111 1111111 11111111 1100110110 100111111 11101010110 11101 1100101 1111 11011111 100100111 1011111 111110111 01 111011110001 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,009 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 6, 5, 6, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
A woman who feels the absence of her soul mate, and even though she has not met him, she is searching for him.
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