Analysis of Claim me
You're not ready for labels
and I'm not sure they'd stick on me anyway
But I ask you
Claim me
Claim me
with pride and humility
until the very air I breathe is so full of
you
that for a moment there's nothing left of
me
then with your hands
pull the ecstasy of rebirth onto my skin
allow it to seep into the core of me
so I may carry us forever in my bones
Claim me
beyond reason
lead me onto a path
where questions of
where we're going, and
what we might become
evaporate
Claim me
until I surrender myself on your doorstep
wrapped in nothing but sheer trust
my truest form
exposed
My vails lifted
revealing the melody of
our shared dreaming
Claim me
So that we may know what it is
to live without doubt
So that I may finally know
what it feels like to belong
to something
other than
moonlit nights
windy beaches, and
oceanic horizons
No, I don't need a label
I'm not an item on your shopping list
But I want you to claim me
as if I was the very life in your lungs
Scheme | xxaB Bbcacbxxbx Bxxcdxx Bxxxxxce Bxxxxexxdx xxbx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 0111111110 1111 11 11 1100100 010101111111 1 1101011011 1 1111 101001011011 01111010111 111101010011 11 0110 111001 1101 11100 11101 010 11 0110101111 1010111 1101 01 1110 01001001 10110 11 11111111 11011 11111001 1111101 110 101 11 10100 010010 1111010 1111011101 1111111 11110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 7, 8, 10, 4 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was dating someone who wasn't ready to be in a relationship. This poem was a way for me to explain the complexities of what I was wanting and needing. It's about freedom and belonging
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