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 |
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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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