Analysis of Passed Me By
You went too far ahead,
While I'd got stuck behind.
You found your light and used it.
But the dark had made me blind.
I might not ever find you,
You may never have the time.
But I hope that we don't pass by,
As has happened every time.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111101 1111011 1011111 1111011 1110101 11111111 11101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
About this poem
i wrote this poem at a very difficult time in my life and while going through it all, i was alone.
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Written on January 01, 2005
Submitted by TearsOnTheInside on April 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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