If I told you that I loved you, you would probably run a mile
Richard Daish 1949 (DocPenfro)
I wanted to whisper, "I love you",
I wanted to say it - I tried.
I wanted to shout it out loudly,
So I screamed it, in silence, inside.
I wanted to hold you for ever,
I wanted to be by your side.
I wanted to hold you together,
But you cut me, so deeply: I cried.
I wanted to know you much better,
I wanted so hard to explain,
But the words crashed down like a landslide
Through the floods of my bitter-sweet pain.
I know always that I'll love you
You showed me what depths could pertain.
Your love was so sweet and so perfect;
I can never love another again.
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Submitted by Richard1506 on August 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 34 sec read
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB CBCB CDBD ADXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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