Analysis of When You're Not Here
When You’re not here….
I speak to you ….in my heart…in my mind…
Unspoken feelings…that silence betrays….
I ache for a love…that desires…all of you…
When you’re not here…
I wait for a sun…that will never rise…
A night…that will never dawn
Since you’re not here…at the closing of my day…
If only... you existed beyond my thoughts…
And this chasm … that stands between us…
How can we ever find our way…to each-other’s arms?
A battle …in this abyss… that can never be fought…
Only if…my love…only if…
When you’re not here… at the beginning of my day..
| Scheme | A xxxAxxb xxxxxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111011011 0101011001 111011010111 1111 1110111101 0111101 11111010111 11010100111 011011011 11110110111101 0100101111011 10111101 111110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
This particular poem was written for someone I was in love with and at the same time could never be with.
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Written on March 11, 2016
Submitted by Mrodonald on January 10, 2022
Modified on April 20, 2023
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