Analysis of Retrospect
I see her
I am curious
I feel things
and was told not to
She is thin
speaks the best
broken English
and sweet words
We see a play
she takes my hand
then my thigh
and I feel scared
Then there is pasta
I get an invite
to her house
and decline
She is sad
asks me if I
want pleasure
and to enjoy me
I leave her
by the pasta
drive away
and cry
because I felt something.
| Scheme | AXXX XXXX BXCX DXXX XCAX ADBC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (68%) |
| Metre | 110 11100 111 01111 111 101 1010 011 1101 1111 111 0111 11110 11101 101 001 111 1111 110 01011 110 1010 101 01 011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
This poem reflects the internal thoughts and struggle I had on my first date with a woman (wanting love and to be loved by a woman for the first time in my life). It isn’t something my family or parts of society would have accepted, and I was frustrated/sad/confused all at the same time.
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Written on February 10, 2022
Submitted by hfoster089 on November 27, 2022
Modified on April 06, 2023
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