Analysis of Jealousy



Your green eyes betray me,
Your wicked tongue deceives.
How can one be so enticing,
And so utterly diseased?

Your apparition alludes me,
You shift at every turn.
Yet you are always with me,
In a different shape or form.

How can I find peace,
In this cruel and hateful world?
Your tendrils of suspicion
Cannot be assuaged or turned.

You are spiteful, malicious,
In your quiet ways.
Planting seeds of envy
So that we may go astray.

Many pretty faces,
Trifles, charms, and treats
Are the way that you seduce us,
But I have seen the truth of your odious deeds.

How can we be rid of you,
I ask on pleading knees?
We must be content with our lot,
For we shall never, never, be free.

But we must continue sanguinity,
For that may be the key.


Scheme ABXC AXAX BXXX BBAX BBBB XBXA CA
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 11011 11111010 0110001 1010011 1111001 111111 00100111 11111 01100101 111010 1010111 1110010 01101 101110 1111101 101010 10101 10111011 111101111001 1111111 111101 111101101 111101011 1110101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 709
Words 139
Sentences 12
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lindsay K Beardall

There isn't really much to me. I like to sit and watch and listen to people. I observe more than interact, but don't get me wrong, I love to socialize. I just don't seek to be the center of attention all the time. I love reading, writing, and learning. I am working toward several degrees in Anthropology. Sometimes I love people, sometimes I hate people. I'm terrified of sharks and utterly despise barbecue sauce. What else...I'm very much a Gemini, my Love Language is Quality Time, and according to Myers-Briggs/Jung/Keirsey tests, I'm an INFP or an Idealist/Healer. With that, you'll know everything there is to know about me. Google it, fool.Also, if I didn't write, I'd probably die. more…

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