Analysis of Nostalgia



I wish I could make
Your mystic splendor (sprayed in the air
Like some floral perfume), to go away.
My usual unyielding self
Does not have the strength.
You have the temerity to stop by--
Only to torture me.
And when you leave, you do so, either
By sweeping me off my feet
To walk, or run.
I hate it when you come uninvited,
Because you make me cry.

Come and see me, sometime.
Yes, this is an invitation.


Scheme XXXXXAXXXBXA XB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 110101001 1110011101 11000101 11101 1100100111 101101 011111110 1101111 1111 111111010 011111 10111 1111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 391
Words 79
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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