Analysis of Heights High Heartache
The cliché was so obvious, looming over us, ominous,
a veil that would not lift, pulling wool over our eyes, and then disguising the itch.
It was a cloud that would not pass. Hiding out under the overpass,
we saw the approaching wall of water not far in the distance,
it mirrored our resistance to the motions, inconsistent with emotions.
Swaying with the gusts, we shouted our desires,
but the roar of disaster was to near to hear what the other had cried,
and in the confusion, our desires all but disappeared, our wishes all but died.
Though at this point I suppose it wouldn't have mattered
if the storm hadn't left us beaten and battered.
Maybe we would have eventually figured out
that those shouts never overlapped, parallel to the feelings devout.
Our sentiments never intersecting at just the right second,
our spirits never matching, merely foretelling future regret.
And how we thought we found "the one" in a world so vast…
We were "young and in love," never destined to last.
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Metre | 011110010101100 011111101101010101001 1101111110110010 1100101110110010 1101001010100101010 1010111010010 101101011111101011 0000101001011011010111 1111101110110 101101110010 1011101000101 111101010101001 1010010010110110 10101010100101001 0111110100111 101001101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 976 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 783 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 173 |
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Submitted on September 26, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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