Analysis of First Love



Your sweet and ravishing words
teased my naive mind
as did your tender touch,
the warm embrace in which I was held.

Loyal and true-- like the undying light
descending from the heavens
you seemed to always be there
as a reassurance of our incessant mutual love.

Like a forsaken and admiring child
I was tethered to you,
your Herculean construction,
your unparalleled beauty.

Awakened was I
by the discordant concept of reality--
you did not love me--
merely a triviality I was to you and nothing more.

Now I comprehend that which I should have grasped before--
my young juvenile mind and soul both needed you
and I believe that you needed me too.


Scheme XXXX XXXX XAXB XBBC CAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101001 1111 111101 010101111 1001100101 0101010 111111 100101100101001 1001000101 111011 10100010 101010 01011 1001010110 11111 100010011110101 110111111101 111001011101 0101111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 627
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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