Analysis of "La douleur exquise"
Here I find myself again,
lost in reverie
Of a twisted entanglement of you and I
A never ending delusion of a love affair
I am strangled by longing
for a familiar love
only found in a dream
I try to force my thoughts
back to semblance,
Nevertheless my mind continues on
like an addict hooked on intrigue
and it is almost as though my heart is bound
only to exist for the tangled illusion of you and I
Scheme | X X A X X X X X X X X X A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 10100 101001001101 0101001010101 1110110 100101 101001 111111 1110 001110101 11011101 0111111111 1010110100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
In a nutshell, this poem depicts what it's like to love someone who doesn't reciprocate.
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Written on October 09, 2020
Submitted by stormpot92 on July 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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