Analysis of Inferno



Laying beside you is my greatest fear
and my greatest dream,
for both you and I can hear
the rise and fall of my chest,
fighting to keep my breath
in tandem with yours, I could almost scream.

You hold me so close, the air between us
heats up, like a lovely inferno.
I’m pained, being kept from turning
over and over in your burning
grasp, but to be without it would pain me more so.


Scheme XAXXXA XBCCB
Poetic Form
Metre 1001111101 01101 1110111 0101111 101111 010111111 1111101011 111010010 11101110 100100110 111101111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 385
Words 81
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 5
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 38

About this poem

This poem was written for an old flame.

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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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