Analysis of They Were Right
Lone Alpha 2006 (Kaduna)
'Everybody said that we won't last'
'Give it some time, you're young, it'll pass'
Alas;
They were right
Regardless of how much I put up a fight,
The tunnel was excruciatingly endless,
There seemingly never was a light
Things turned south, deteriorated,
And eventually, her feelings took flight
She couldn't hold on to them,
But I wonder if she ever bothered to try and hold on tight
Alas, it didn't matter what we put in,
It didn't matter that I'd fallen for my best friend
It was almost impossible to hold up my chin,
When what we shared came to an end
'I think I want to marry you';
The lyric said 'I think', but;
I, on the other hand, didn't just think, but knew
I was blinded by passion however, and I couldn't see through,
The reality that suggested,
That she may not have wanted that too
At least, not as much as I did,
That would make sense
Because I was always extreme and extra,
The Certified King of Drama
I always needed to disconnect my heart from my brain,
But I couldn't cut through that wire
When faced with the truth, I'd say;
'The devil is a liar'
When things such as that come to mind,
I laugh, thinking: 'Typical Yaya'
Anyways, we had a good run,
Even though some moments had me wishing I'd had a gun
All in all, it was fun,
Even though there were times during it's ending that were all rain and no sun,
I can't deny it was generally a beautiful one
Gradually but steadily letting go of the past,
Ridding my memory of the moments when a truckload of raging emotions sat on my chest, weighing more than a ton,
I thank God for my last,
Now I sit and wait for the next one
Scheme | ABBCCXCDCXC EFEF GXGGXG DXHHXIXIXG JJJJJ AJAJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 10011111 111111101 01 101 01011111101 0101100010 110010101 11101000 00100001011 1101111 1110111010110111 01110101110 1101011101111 111010011111 11111111 11111101 0101111 110101101111 111011010011011 0101010 111111011 11111111 1111 0111101010 0101110 1110100111111 111011110 1110111 0101010 11111111 11101001 1011011 10111011101101 101111 101101101101011011 110111100001001 10001100101101 10110010101011100101111101101 111111 111011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,612 |
Words | 340 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 4, 6, 10, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
About this poem
Written by myself, Lone Alpha. It has a looking back vibe to it, as it was written while thinking of my last relationship, inspired by the lines from a song called Let's Get Married by Vedo (lyrics are in quotes)
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Written on March 12, 2022
Submitted by LoneAlpha on March 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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