Analysis of Your Heart



Your heart is so big, but not so strong.

When did you first hear that something was wrong?

If a doctor has told you, you have only so long,

Disregard the diagnosis, as you would a broken song.

I don't know much about miracles today,

But I believe the collective consciousness of love,

Is powerful enough to move things in an angelic way.

Selfishly, I hope you are deemed enough time to stay,

Five more years with this world, before recycling day.


Scheme A A A A B X B B B
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 1111111011 1010111111011 0100101110101 11110110001 1101001010011 11000111101101 11111101111 1111110101001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 438
Words 82
Sentences 5
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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