Analysis of Choices
You took my loyalty and love,
like it was trash to be disposed of.
Believing lies, because I still care
while you're off with another affair.
You chose to cheat, you chose to lie.
I chose to forgive, I chose to try.
You chose to use me, then chose to leave,
I chose to hope and I chose to believe.
Manipulation and lies is your game,
because narcissists won't accept blame.
Accusing me for why you would cheat,
with love, you shouldn't have to compete.
When you cheated I shouldn't have stayed,
these are the choices that we both made.
Abandoning us, like dirt on the floor,
if love finds me again, I'll love me more.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110001 111111011 010101111 111101001 11111111 111011111 111111111 1111011101 001001111 0111011 010111111 111101101 111011011 110101111 0100111101 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 623 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
To the man who lied and broke my heart.
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