Analysis of Heart Shaped Key



When we first met, it was not love at first sight
You were a woman - I've seen those before
And I was a boy trying my best to be a man
We went among our business without hesitation

But as the days past, you crept into my mind
You were there when I first woke up; it made me smile
What was the exact time you bypassed my walls I pondered?
But I quickly gave up; as there was no point in fighting

The reason I felt this way, the reason why I was still alone
I was waiting for someone like you, someone who was a complete unknown
Because you helped me discover the key to my heart
It was because you made me laugh


Scheme XXXX XXXX AAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111111 1001011101 0110110111101 1101101001010 11011110111 101111111111 1100111111110 11101111111010 0101111010111101 1110111111100101 0111101001111 11011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 613
Words 131
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 42

About this poem

This is a poem about a woman who captivated me; I was intrigued by her hustle, but most of all she made me laugh. No woman has made me laugh and cry like her. No other woman has hurt me so.

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Written on April 20, 2023

Submitted by adamroycarrigan on April 20, 2023

Modified by adamroycarrigan on October 03, 2023

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Adam Roy Carrigan

I write poetry and it is often terrible. The poetry I wrote previously was so terrible I decided to take a ten year break. However, it seems the decade I decided to do everything but write poetry has seemingly increased my ability to write half-decent poetry. Life is weird. more…

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