Analysis of The Pain of Love
Transfixed, I am immobile in all senses
She intoxicates me with her pleading eyes
Oh those beautiful, beautiful eyes
Piercing, yet inviting me in
I could fall into her and never want out
I tell myself to look away so as not to be pulled in again
The memories still linger
Painfully etched on my heart
I cannot let it happen
The battle between my mind and my heart begins
She touches me and I am breathless
Words escape me and I have no answers
No shield exists that can protect me from her love
My heart yearns for her
It yearns even through the pain
And my broken tears give me away
I do not want to love her, but...
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIJKLFMNO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110100110 1010110101 111001001 10101010 11101001011 1111101111111001 0100110 1001111 1101110 010011101101 110101110 1011011110 110111011101 11110 1110101 011011101 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 601 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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