I died for love

I Died for Love 1968 (Colo. Springs)



In the city where I dwell
  I met this man I loved so well
Now he's gone and set me free
  And say a new girl on his knee
I ran straight home to my bed
  Not a word was said
My dad came home late that night
  He looked for me from left to right
To my room my door he broke
  And found me hanging from a rope
On my dresser this note he found,

        Oh dig a grave and dig it deep
            Place my headstone at my feet
          On that stone please place a dove
                 Too show the world
                           I died for love.

About this poem

I wrote this when I was fourteen after my first love cheated on me and I felt destroyed and pondered sucide

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Written on 1982

Submitted by jcqlnhawk on July 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCCDDXXX XXEXE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 532
Words 106
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 5

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