Analysis of Always On My Mind
Perle 1998 (Beirut)
and you’re always on my mind.
You beat drums in an aquarium
to speak to me and to tell me
where exactly you come from.
and you’re always on my mind.
The fish don’t know you’re the current
but I feel you when you’re still.
well, don’t you think we are meant?
and you’re always on my mind.
I don't know what you look like
and I don't know what you do,
but you do to me what I cant help.
and you’re always on my mind.
By land, you’re days away,
by plane, we’re hours apart.
I have a lot and so I cant afford
to take off and sell my heart.
But, you’re always on my mind.
So I’ll see you one day at that place
where I can tell you thises and thats.
Meet me there, sweet common ground,
because on Earth I can’t.
Scheme | Abxb Axxx Axxx Axcxc addxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 111010100 11110111 1010111 011111 01111010 1111111 1111111 011111 1111111 0111111 111111111 011111 111101 1101001 1101011101 1110111 111111 111111111 11111101 1111101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
This poem is about having romantic affairs with several people who are too far away to interrupt marriage. Hence, they're always on his/her mind. inspired by the song New Partner by Palace Music
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