Analysis of My Heart is Sick



So it's another day where the past has its name written on me...

There are some things that are like scars

That sticks on your very soul forever

Some things you will never forget

Like your first lover

There are moments where those memories burn me like an open flame

I try to forfeit them back to history,

But they stay and cripple me

I cannot seem to understand why the reality of it makes any since

I know that God has given me my purpose and I must follow it

So, why would there be this endless yearning?

I want it to fade...to disappear,

But then who would I be without this beating in my heart

That belongs to someone I loved before?

It is concealed mostly

But there are days where it is destructive to my very soul.

Is there a purpose for this painful existence in my heart?

I feel my every nature trying to pull away from it

As if it will harm me

Temptation haunts me and I am afraid there is no ending

I stay away, but I am tormented

By the thought that I will not be strong forever

And I will suffer the consequences tremendously

God may send his wrath down upon me

And I will be helpless to guard against it

Even the life of this temptation inside me

May be my worst enemy

I only hope that these days that history makes itself at home in my head

Will slowly fade into nothing...

Less and less...and less


Scheme A X B X B X A A X C D X E X A X E C A D X B A A C A A X D X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011011111011 11111111 1111101010 11111001 11110 1110111001111101 11110111100 1110101 11011011010111101 11111101110011101 1111111010 1111101 11111101110011 101111101 110110 111111101011101 110101110010011 1111001010110111 111111 010110110111110 110111110 101111111010 0111001000100 111111011 01111011011 100111010011 1111100 1101111110010111011 11010110 1011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,284
Words 259
Sentences 9
Stanzas 30
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on November 30, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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