Tainted Love



Love so perfect
Brings joy to the heart
Tell me oh love one
Did you see that from the start?

Love me forever
We will live happily
Tell me oh love one
Will it last for eternity?

Love is sadness
Makes one feel alone
Tell me oh love one
Will you comfort my soul?

Love is madness
Driving one insane
Tell me oh love one
Do you feel my pain?

Love is tainted
Poison from the start
Tell me oh love one
What do you really want?

Love is dead
Stabbed through the heart
Tell me dear love
Why did you rip it apart?

9/28/2012
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Submitted on February 14, 2013

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xaBa xcBc dxBx deBe xaBx xaxa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 487
Words 105
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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  • cecilia.crasto.au
    Good choice of words and well stated! Love is complicated and rarely do we find the happy ever love that romantics dream about...Lovely!
    LikeReply2 years ago

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