Analysis of She Comes
She comes to me and I am hollow
Husk and dust upon the floor
Wilting now, forsake tomorrow
Save the pain forever more
Alas! Her beauty bore right through me
Gentle lightning so consuming
As so light my darkness, truly
Baring all for heav'n to see
Here I stand, now, sin to reason
Rapt in her, I heed the season
Make appeal to God, I plea: "In
Love or lust, I dare to be!"
She comes to me with sweetest promise,
Where my broken heart she stole
For to kiss and heal and fill
She comes to me and I am whole
| Scheme | ABAB CXCC DDXC XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 111101110 1010101 1010101 1010101 010101111 10101010 11111010 1011111 11111110 10011010 10111110 1111111 111111010 1110111 1110101 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 506 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
This is about how I met my wife -- and how she pulled me out of the dark.
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Written on February 12, 2023
Submitted by DGimm on March 26, 2023
Modified on March 27, 2023
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