Analysis of My Search Ended



In dreams he comes to me every night.
I cannot make out a face.
He speaks to me in a soft almost musical tone of voice.
It sends shivers through my spine and sets my mind on flight.
I fear him, I love him, I know him.
I walk the streets and search the faces.
I listen to the voices hoping for a sound of familiarity.
All the faces I look into are blank.
Where and who is this creature that haunts me?
Is it simply a dream?
A dream that is driving me to madness in a futile search?
I pray for sleep although it seems I never wake.
I long to know his love.
I need his music to envelope me.
Now weeping, I hear all as I look down at very
familiar faces.
I now see his image so clearly as I drift
towards him
I am at peace with my search


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 715
Words 155
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 561
Words per stanza (avg) 155
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Submitted on July 16, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lieselotte Emery

Poetry to me is a vacation, an outlet, a good cry, and laughter till your sides ache. I cannot remember a time when I did not read or write poetry, and will continue to do so until my eyes close for the last time. more…

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