Analysis of Watching You Go
You walked out the door
And didn't look back
Just stared at the floor
And shouldered your backpack
I blinked back my tears
But you didn't see
I felt my worst fear
Becoming reality
I thought we were friends
Was I deceived from the start?
Is this how it ends,
With you breaking my heart?
I still think of that day
Numbly watching you go
I miss seeing your face,
But you'll never know.
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE XFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11101 01011 11101 01011 11111 11101 11111 01010 11101 1101101 11111 111011 111111 11011 111011 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 385 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
When I was eleven, I had a huge crush on a boy. We became friends, but he never liked me back. On the last day of sixth grade, I was aware that I was going to be homeschooled in the years to follow and I would probably never see this boy again. So this is a poem I wrote a few months after that day, when I was still pining. Now I look back and wonder why it was such a big deal. After all, there are plenty of fish in the sea. It's funny how perspectives change. :)
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