Analysis of Letting Go



The life we were living was out of control
And not what I wished for myself I can't believe
I waited so long I've no one to blame
but myself This could have been prevented if
we respected each other more Many nights I cried myself
to sleep as you lay drunk and passed out on the floor
I searched for an answer to end the maddness
But after I left there was even more saddness
In retrospect things were pretty bad prior
So I stayed away for the rest of the year
I never thought people could be so cruel
Nor had I ever shed so many tears
But I felt blessed by the children we've created
together and for that reason alone I'll love you
forever They say Letting Go is the hardest part
I know it is true for there was pain in my heart


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 715
Words 148
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 579
Words per stanza (avg) 148
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Submitted by SVallejo1 on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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