Analysis of A Heart I've Broken



Now that I go back in my head
I hear the things I should of said
I knew where you stood when you looked at me
And I should of known it wouldn't stay that easy

I'm sorry I don't feel the same
But I feel as though I'm the one to blame
For the tears I know you'll shed tonight
I know deep down I snuffed a light

Alone I stand upon this road
No place to turn that doesn't feel cold
I'll stand through the night 'till morn's blue
With tears on my face that I shed for you

Now what am I to see when I look to you?
A heart I've broken, quite plainly in two?
If only you knew I still loved your laugh
That would heal your heart, if only one half

It's so late, I think I see the sun
Another day, another run
One friend I feel I've lost too soon
One smile that'll die instead of bloom


Scheme AABB CCDD XXEE EEFF GGXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11111011 11011111 1111111111 011111101110 11011101 1111110111 101111101 11111101 01110111 111111011 11101111 1111111111 11111111111 0111011001 1101111111 1111111011 111111101 01010101 11111111 111010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 755
Words 166
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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