Analysis of Where Has Love Gone



Where Has Love Gone

You woke one morning feeling like an unhappy song,
 So empty and sad, where has love gone ?

With an ache in your heart and thoughts of the past,
 Where has love gone, why didn't it last ?

A moment ago you were so happy and then, it's hard to
 Figure out, when did it end

You try to recapture a moment of bliss, why did it have
 To happen like this. Where has love gone; when did it leave;
 Why am I so unhappy and why do I still grieve ?
 Like the end of a season it came to past; what was the reason,

Why didn't it last ? The change came so gradually, why couldn't
 I foresee this tragedy

I stand at the window, gazing at the sun, wondering what it was
 I could have done. I try to recapture happiness long past;
 Where has love gone, why didn't it last ?

The contentment and peace of that day on the beach, but a lost
 Love I cannot reach. If I could have foreseen it would come to

This, I would have protected my moment of bliss,
 As seasons come and go, the season for love will come again I
 know. And when it does, I will relive this love and hold it fast
 My lost love will come again and I know it will last.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111010110101 110011111 11101101101 111111011 010011011001111 1011111 111010010111111 1101111111111 1111010011111 1011010111111010 1101101111000110 1011100 11101010101100111 111111101010011 111111011 001001111101101 11101111111111 111101011011 1101010101111011 101111101110111 1111101011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,148
Words 233
Sentences 10
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by hitalot on July 18, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:09 min read
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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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