Analysis of A pawn in a game of chess



I always wondered why you were always so cold
Maybe it was because you were in the present
And I was just another thought lost in the wind
Maybe it's your icy past that I've been trapped in
Or maybe I was just another pawn in this elaborate game of chess
I'll surrender my king and queen if you can answer why
Why were you never there when I needed you most
Why was I only a late night call
Why wasn't I enough
I can't even be mad at you
I can't even hate you
I just can't feel anything towards you anymore
As if you were a ghost
A whisper on my lips
Maybe I was the one who failed you
Maybe it was I who couldn't water the seeds of a new life
Maybe it wasn't I you were dreaming of
Maybe it wasn't I you wished to lay next to
Maybe it wasn't I who you longed for
Maybe I was just company
So you'd never have to sit alone in your thoughts
So I became the puppy
I became the pawn
And I lost the game of chess
To which I gambled my life and sobriety thinking I could win
Maybe it was I who was nothing but a pawn thinking they were a queen


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJJKGLJMNJKOPOQEDR
Poetic Form
Metre 1110110111 101101100010 011101011001 101110111110 110111010101010111 10101101111101 101101111011 111100111 110101 11101111 111011 11111001101 111001 010111 101101111 1011111010011011 10110110101 101101111111 1011011111 10111100 111011101011 1101010 10101 0110111 11110110010010111 101111110101101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,039
Words 222
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 806
Words per stanza (avg) 220

About this poem

Some pondering thoughts I had as I realized who I was

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Written on February 04, 2022

Submitted by imthefallenrebel on February 04, 2022

Modified on April 26, 2023

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