Analysis of Cathy



In this world of discord and disorder;
Full of rotten souls and queer misdemeanor;
I'm walking through the mid road of aging,
You are the kind that gives me a buoyant feeling.

Old I maybe, I know you are young;
But it's your name that's always on my tongue;
The tingle I feel when you smile, touch my hair,
Is it what they call love, or an unreal affair?

I try, but can't hold back my feelings for you;
Won't you tell me how you feel? Give me a clue;
Been through so much, had lost my feelings almost;
A walking shadow, heart cold as frost.

Is my love for you a dream? But you look real;
What're these paralyzing emotions for you I feel?
You're one I can't ignore,
Can't hold back my feelings for you, no, not anymore.

Your heart is still young, world's new for you
Mine's gotten decrepit, I'm drowning in ocean blue;
O Cathy, won't you tell me? What do I do?
For I just can't get over my feelings for you.

With you I wanna spend my life, it's so true;
Even if this love be a dream, my heart is now with you;
I pledge my true devotion to you, till death do us part,
If I can't have you, will you give me back my heart?


Scheme AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG EEEE EEHH
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 0111100010 1110101010 1101011110 110111101010 111011111 111111111 01011111111 111111110101 11111111011 11111111101 1111111101 01011111 11111011111 1011000101111 111101 111110111101 111111111 1100101100101 11011111111 111111011011 11110111111 10111101111111 11110101111111 111111111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,095
Words 224
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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