Analysis of Love is greed

nalsma 1994 (united)



Keeping another from life they may see,
Relinquishing self in hopes to believe,
Blind emotion and at times deceived
Combining ideals in hopes what is seen
compares with a scene
love is greed
Selfless, selfish, and obscene.
A craving disguised as only a need,
grown from less than a seed,
it floats on a breeze
moments of hazard and moments serene,
here and then gone, in less than a blink
we need it to breathe, we need it to be.
but love is a greed.


Scheme ABCDDEDEEFDGAE
Poetic Form
Metre 1001011111 0100101101 101001101 0100101111 01101 111 1010001 0100111001 111101 11101 1011001001 101101101 1111111111 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 454
Words 94
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 354
Words per stanza (avg) 85

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I have no explanation for this poem. I think it speaks for itself.

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Written on February 05, 2022

Submitted by nalsma on February 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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I am a kid at heart, a man in present, and elderly in soul. Lover of all thing's, nature, poetry, knowledge, beauty, uniqueness, and the universe. more…

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