Analysis of Almost had



There is nothing more perfect than a love almost had
The perfection of an enamoured imagination
A dream so perfect it drives the waking one’s mad
A truth unbothered by realisation

There is nothing more pure than a love almost realised
The kind of love that exists behind sleeping eyes
A passion for the one you idealised
The kind of love that exists between sad sighs

There is nothing more beautiful than a love that never had a chance  
A love which can’t be put to the test
A love that will never know a first dance
A love that will forever stay in your chest

There is nothing more perfect than a love almost had
And yet, there is nothing more sad


Scheme Abab acac dede Aa
Poetic Form
Metre 111010110111 00101110010 011011101011 01111 11101110111 011110101101 01010111 01111010111 11101100101110101 011111101 0111101011 01110101011 111010110111 01111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 676
Words 137
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on July 17, 2023

Submitted by sadi1414 on July 17, 2023

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