Analysis of Can I tell you this?
I wish I could tell you how I feel
I wish you saw the stupid smile I get when I see you
Maybe you’d be better off not knowing
Maybe it’s better like this
I never know how to act around you
I never knew I could have feelings like this
| Scheme | ABCDBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Sestet |
| Metre | 111111111 11110101111111 1011101110 1011011 1101111011 11011111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
About this poem
Little backstory, I don't write poetry, I'm sure that's obvious, but I don't know what to do with these feelings; this felt like the best way to get it out.
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Written on December 18, 2023
Submitted by tiffanytubbsvigil on December 18, 2023
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