Analysis of Where Are You?
WHERE ARE YOU?
Where are you?
Now that I need you so much.
As I slowly awaken, I can almost feel your body next to mine.
I can almost see your face smiling in your sleep.
Are you dreaming of me?
I’m dreaming of you.
Where are you?
I come home from work, slowly open the door.
Yet again, you’re not there to greet me.
Not there to ask about my day;
I can’t ask about yours.
Again, I dream of you.
Where are you?
Oh, to feel you arms around me,
Trying to hold me closer than physically possible,
Gently taking my face in your strong hands,
Kissing me until I can’t remember my name.
I’m still dreaming of you.
Where are you?
Late at night your pillow remains untouched.
Yet, as I turn out the light, I can almost feel you turn to me,
Pulling me close to you,
Passion rising uncontrollably.
The heat possessing me completely,
Taking me to that magical place only you know the directions to;
A place I never knew existed;
A place you share only with me.
I need to stop dreaming of you.
Where are you?
I deserve you,
You deserve me.
And yet, I don’t even know your name.
How could I, since we’ve never met.
How do I stop dreaming when the dream is all I have?
Where are you?
Will I ever meet you?
Or am I forever destined to be a prisoner of my dreams?
Scheme | A Axxxba Axbxxa Abxxca Axbabbaxba Aabcxx Aax |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 111 1111111 11100101111110111 11111110011 111011 11011 111 11111101001 101111111 11110111 111011 011111 111 11111011 101111011000100 1010110111 101011101011 111011 111 1111100101 111110111111111 101111 10100100 010101010 101111001101100101 011101010 01111011 11111011 111 1011 1011 011110111 11111101 1111101011111 111 111011 11101010110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,277 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 10, 6, 3 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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