Analysis of My foreign lover
We met on Facebook
Where people go to look
For lost friends and relatives alike.
He gave my comment a like
How I accepted his request is still unclear
But he made his intentions clear.
He's from a country far away
Miles apart yet we stay
Connected with calls and in soul.
When he's complaining of the cold
The heat in Africa makes me desire
To spend the night with him till he perspires.
He has a strong accent
Sometimes I feel so tense
Trying to get his words right
He doing the same without a fight.
We're not bothered about the way we sound
Just proud of the love we've found.
Our tongues may be distinct
Our dialects may seem extinct
But our hearts beat as one
Our souls intertwined as one.
We may seem foreign from the other
Yet we're deeply in love with each other.
It's true that people find love in
Both familiar and strange places life brings
I found my love, that's all I care
And the passion that we share
Is one I have never had before
Truly, love comes in different forms.
Scheme | AAAABB CCXXDE XEFFGG HHIIDD XEJJXE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111 110111 111010001 1111001 110101011101 11110101 11010101 101111 01011001 11010101 01010011010 110111111 110101 011111 1011111 110010101 1110010111 1110111 1011101 10101101 1101111 10100111 111101010 1110011110 11110110 1010011011 11111111 0010111 111110101 101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 990 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
Interracial love can work. Love knows no boundaries. Open your heart to love; love comes from different places and in different forms. Be ready to receive it's different shades.
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Written on April 01, 2022
Submitted by bernadette_m on April 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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