Analysis of NOW and THEN



 I never considered,
A change of heart.
  I never thought about us,
Being worlds apart.

The first time I ever,
Experienced life.
  Was the day,
You made me your wife.

The colors of my world;
Brighter than ever before.
  With you, I wasn't just flying,
I could soar.

Every facet of my
Life was enriched.
  Imagine what happened,
When you flicked the switch.

My soul enhanced,
 From your love.
  It's not an easy hole,
To crawl out of.

Every single day is a
Fucking struggle.
  I'm so fucked-up,  
I can't even hustle.

Confined to a wheel-chair;
I sank pretty low.
  You could say I have,
Let myself go.

Life has no color,
My world is cold and gray.
  This is how it is,
Since you went away.

I will never be OK,
Ever again.
  I can't live in the now,
Because of then.


Scheme XAXA BCDC XEXE XXXX XFXF XGXG XHXH BDXD DIXI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (89%)
Metre 110010 0111 1101011 10101 011110 01001 101 11111 010111 1011001 11110110 111 1001011 1101 010110 11101 1101 111 111101 1111 10010110 1010 1111 111010 011011 11101 11111 111 11110 111101 11111 11101 1110111 1001 111001 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 811
Words 187
Sentences 19
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 16

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A love that went south.

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Written on July 16, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on July 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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