Analysis of Captive Heart: A Prison of Memories and Dreams
It's strange how one soul can ensnare
My heart, my mind, beyond repair.
With each alert that I receive,
I pray it's you, that you believe.
But alas, reality creeps in,
The ties that bind are now too thin.
Memories fade, but dreams remain,
Where you're mine, and we regain.
In my dreams, we dance and play,
But waking brings the pain away.
I hold you in my every prayer,
To keep you safe, for you to care.
Your happiness I see in bloom,
In stories shared, in photographs too.
Mixed emotions swirl, both joy and pain,
That we're apart, and not together again.
You've locked me in a prison cell,
Where memories form the walls, so well.
I try to soar, to find my way,
But to you, my heart will always stay.
Years have passed, but hope remains,
With you by my side, in nightly chains.
In dreams we dance, we laugh, we love,
But reality always takes you above.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEAA XXDX FFEE GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 11111101 11110101 11011101 11111101 1011010 01111111 10011101 1110101 0111101 11010101 111011001 11111111 11001101 01010101 101011101 11010101001 11100101 110010111 11111111 11111111 1111101 111110101 01111111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 876 |
Words | 190 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem while thinking about a girl I loved since I was in kindergarten.
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Written on February 07, 2023
Submitted by ItsJustMe on February 07, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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