Analysis of a is for abusive
Louisa Aspeling 2000 (England)
I was alone
I was anxious and afraid but abuzz
and then you answered the door, and you were aloof yet assertive, amusing and appealing
and I was admiring, attracted, maybe even a little aroused
and the weeks passed and we were abloom
you were affectionate, accommodating, angelic
and I was amazed, alive and ABSOLUTELY addicted
we were authentic and absorbed, and the love was abundant
but then you were absent, abrupt, annoyed, angry?
but you were apologetic, and I was accepting
and then it happened again, and again, and it was accidental or academic pressure, and all of it was astutely argued away
and I was ashamed and afraid of being anxious and alone again and I was attached and abhorred the idea of being abandoned so I apologised
and the weeks passed, and you were aggressive, but I became accustomed and accepted because you assured me we were adults and this was all average, and you adored me
after a while, it stopped being acknowledged
until I was asleep but you were aroused and you assumed and then I was awake, so very awake and it was alien and awful and so far from the amber amour that I had asked for and now I'm back to being anxious and afraid
you left me a victim
and when I think of the alternative, I am glad to be alone.
Scheme | A X B C X X X X D B X C D X X X A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1110001101 01110010100110100100010 011010010101001001 001101001 100100010010 01101010010010 100100010011010 111010010110 1100010011010 0111001001011010101010011110101001 011010011101000101011010010010110010111 0011010010110101000100110111001011110001011 10011110010 011101110010101011101110010111000100111010111111011111010001 111010 01111001001111101 |
Characters | 1,266 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 59 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
this is a poem I wrote to help myself keep calm while reminiscing about a relationship
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Written on November 21, 2022
Submitted by lkaspeling on November 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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