Analysis of And Now I Hate You



There once was a time,
When you were on my mind,
And I would always fight,
So you would be treated right.

Now it turns out,
That you weren't there,
To fight for me,
Against the real foe,
You.

And Now I Hate You,
I know their fight,
The big reveal.
Is that they're right.

I've been trying,
I've seen the truth,
Inside myself I've seen,
I'm better.


Scheme XXAA XXXXB BAXA XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 110111 01111 1111101 1111 11101 1111 01011 1 01111 1111 0101 1111 1110 1101 01111 110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 349
Words 87
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

Getting over someone you hate, when you used to defend them with the blind power of infatuation.

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Written on April 14, 2022

Submitted by johntwsweeney on April 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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