Analysis of Perfidiousness

Nichola "Nicki" Topolnicki 1972 (Colorado Springs, Colorado)



I had joy when I alluded to you…
No one was in accordance with you like I am…(was?)
No one has been so besotted…like I am…

Teasing…
Taunting…
Badgering…
Plaguing…
Tormenting…
I took it all---in defense of you
My love for you…

Standing with my shield…sword in hand…
Over battle I went for you…
For years I did…
Why didn’t I go
To find you…to make you see…to know…

So generous you are to this world
So kind you are to others
Would you be that way for me…

Too many through the years have had
Treacherous fists on my pain
Violently beating my love…my spark…
Will I ever hear you talk just for me, say my name…
See me and say…
Will it be vervacious…or will it culminate
In your perfidiousness…


Scheme ABX CCCCCAA XAXDD XXX XXXXXXB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (36%)
Metre 1111101011 1110010111111 111111111 10 10 100 10 10 111100111 1111 10111101 10101111 1111 1111 111111111 110011111 1111110 1111111 11010111 1001111 1000101111 1110111111111 1101 111111110 011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 743
Words 138
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 7, 5, 3, 7
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

This poem is about being so infatuated with someone (or completely overcome with a celebrity) knowing that your feelings wouldn't be returned. Knowing that if feelings were allowed, total encompassing betrayal is coming. Also, when you are infatuated with someone, for example, a celebrity, you defend your "love" for this person, whoever it may be.

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Written on July 06, 2022

Submitted by eykcyn on July 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nichola "Nicki" Topolnicki

I'm 50 years old. I am a wife, mother, and a nurse. I am a Diabetes Nurse Educator. I live with my family and currently 3 cats. I love reading fantasy, science fiction, and murder mysteries. I am also a solitary practicing witch, following my own path and conforming to none. I am kind to all living creatures. more…

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