Analysis of Death of a Romantic

Abi Lawton 2005 (Charlestown)



I want you to stab me in the chest and watch as i bleed
Though my death might not be certain guaranteed
I want to kiss you and for you to hold me when i die
But when I'm gone,
Please tell me you won't cry

I want you to cut into my veins and pull me all apart
I want you to rip out and consume my heavy heart
drink my blood and eat my teeth
watch as I go underneath
i want you to know that you take my breath away
‘cause i fantasize about you brutally murdering me every single day

I want you to grab my hips
 and then poison me with your lips
 your touch, it feel like fire
but this love
only holding by a wire

I want you to take my head
maybe then I'll be dead
i hope you'll understand
 that i want you to take my hand
cut it off and keep forevermore
 but make sure the blood out it wont pour
I hope you understand that you take my breath away
cause  fantasize about you brutally murdering me every single day

My ideal way to go will be the product of my pain
my loss will also be my gain
run and hide
dont go outside
and hide your pretty face

I want you to hide my body from the world
 our fingers, intertwined and curled
 my blood pooling around my resting frame
i hope you know that you're not the one to blame
 you should  know you have taken my breath away
and i fantasize about you brutally murdering me every single day


Scheme AABXB CCDDEE FFGXG HHIIGXEE JJKKX LLMMEE
Poetic Form
Metre 11111100101111 1111111001 11111011111111 1111 111111 111110111011101 1111110011101 1110111 111101 111111111101 11100111001001100101 1111111 01101111 1111110 111 10101010 1111111 101111 11101 11111111 111011 111011111 111011111101 1100111001001100101 10111111010111 11110111 101 1111 011101 11111110101 101000101 1110011101 11111110111 11111101101 01100111001001100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,352
Words 298
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 5, 8, 5, 6
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 173
Words per stanza (avg) 46

About this poem

I wrote this poem because I wanted a more graphic love story than the ones that I've read and I couldn't find anything I liked

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Submitted by alawton230 on April 24, 2023

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