Analysis of Don’t believe
I guess I don’t believe in love
At least not anymore
I did when I was 3
I believed that it was like magic
Like everything would be fixed
If I just find that one person
And then again at 7
I though it would be like a bright sunny day
Like a ice cream sundae
Then finally at 10
I thought it would feel amazing
Like the best thing to ever happen
But when I hit 11 I realized
Love isn’t real
It’s an illusion told to kids
Until they finally open their eyes
And see the truth
That mom and dad don’t last
Or at least the love doesn’t
They fall apart slowly
At first it’s small
It’s disagreeing on the smallest things
It knowing the difference
The difference from a disagreement
To a fight
Sometimes they bring the kids into it
And when you try to find the one
You get let down
By cheaters
By people who can’t handle your baggage
By you
And the hole truth
Is that love will just let you down
So I don’t try anymore
Cuz it’s not worth
Handing someone my heart
For them just to stomp on it
For me to get hurt
So I let go
Before they have the chance to crush it
Scheme | ABCDEFGHHGIFJKLMNOEPQRSTUVFWXYZNWB1 2 V3 4 V |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11110101 11101 11111 101111110 110111 11111110 01011 11111101101 101110 11001 11111010 101111010 1111110 111 11010111 0111001011 0101 110111 111011 110110 1111 1001010101 1100100 0100100010 101 011101011 01111101 1111 110 1101110110 11 0011 11111111 111101 1111 10111 1111111 11111 1111 011101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 243 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 826 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 216 |
About this poem
It’s about not believing in love anymore and how it lets you down
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