Analysis of To You



I wrote a song for you once,
But I couldn't compile it just right.
I heard you say aloud,
The names you hold dear;
Yet mine was never spoken.
I wrote a poem for you,
But all you did was take it in
And delete it from your own memory.
Like I was nothing
Since the very beginning.
Not worth a moment of your time.
I said so many things to you,
To see that pale expression on your face;
Yet only silence fell upon your lips.
I screamed out for you.
Yelled so loud,
My voice caved inside my throat.
The faint sound of nan echo in the distance.
Am I just a ghost?
An unrequited love?
Was that really what this was?
My chest is tight.
I felt fire course through every inch of me.
A bleeding heart;
Such a painful scenery.
I wrote you a letter some time ago,
I've forgotten how long it's been.
But I meant every word.
Every stroke that was written.
Please,
Say something.
I wrote in ink along these walls,
But it never seemed to reach you.
I wanted you then;
Such a coward I am.
A waste of energy,
Were your words to me.
To fret over someone,
Who could care less of me.
I wrote to you in so many ways,
But you had spoken someone else's name....


Scheme ABCDEFGHIIJFKLFCMANOPBHQHRGSETIUFVWHHEHXY
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 111001111 111101 01111 1111010 1101011 11111110 0011111100 11110 1010010 11010111 11110111 1111010111 1101010111 11111 111 1110111 01111100010 11101 10101 1110111 1111 111011100111 0101 1010100 1110101101 10101111 1111001 10011110 1 110 11010111 11101111 11011 101011 011100 01111 11101 111111 111101101 111101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,136
Words 266
Sentences 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 41
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 863
Words per stanza (avg) 228
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Written on May 06, 2021

Submitted by Arx7Echo on February 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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