Analysis of This Paper Heart
I hold here a replica
a model of my own heart
at times it is hard to tell which is real
this heart made of paper
or the one of flesh and blood
while that may sound odd
it's true that this origami heart
cannot stand against the current of a river
the heart in my chest
cannot hold it's own when held before you
I didn't know it would be you
that the distance I chose would evicerate
so it was distance like scissors tore
paper and flesh alike
each a reflection of the other
This life without you is much akin to death
the pale rictus of the beyond
etched onto my own face
a pain more permanent as if carved in stone
and not this flimsy heart of cardboard paper
Yet that being said it's you
that tethers me to this earth
keeping myself and this material heart
here away from a new beginning
the start of a transcendental journey
The intricate lines across this heart of mine
form tesselations for all to see
an art as unique as my own poetry
of which all you've inspired
everything laid bare on the page I hold here
For you I'm esurient
craving, hungering for that I don't need gripping tightly to an idea
a hope and a dream
that has never shown signs of fruition
But now the stage is set
the fans want to see an apogee
one final climactic scene
the want me to release you
like a wild hawk once injured
Yet that's something I could never bare
to watch you soar on the wind
towards the cumulus clouds
that I might never again lay eyes upon
so I give you that paper heart that I here hold
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110100 0101111 1111111111 111110 1011101 11111 111111 101010101010 01011 1011111011 11011111 10101111 111101101 100101 100101010 11011110111 0111001 110111 01110011101 0111011110 1110111 1101111 1010101001 101101010 011001010 01001011111 111111 11101111100 1111010 1011101111 1111 1010011111101011010 01001 1110111010 110111 01111110 1100101 0111011 1011110 111011101 1111101 01011 11110011101 111111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,492 |
Words | 301 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on June 21, 2022
Submitted by dndaddictict on June 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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