Analysis of Afraid
When i first saw you
I was afraid to meet you,
When i first met you
I was was afraid to kiss you,
When I first kissed you
I was afraid to love you,
But now that I love you
I'm afraid to lose you.
| Scheme | AAAAAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Monorhyme |
| Metre | 11111 1101111 11111 11101111 11111 1101111 111111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
About this poem
I wrote this when I was a teenager and writing poetry got me through all my pain and rough times in the system all my childhood life
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Written on May 17, 2022
Submitted by wilkinskenneth575 on May 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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