Analysis of His presence

Relebogile Mashigo 2006 (Pretoria)



Three years down the line
My heart still chooses you
How i hate to admit
That you play a melodious song
In my dismal life

When will you discern
The love i have for you
For it sparks so bright
Like your face under the ardent sun
Your presence blithes me

I see you persistently
How i wish you can approach me
For i have no guts
Because the fear of rejection haunts me
Periodically

But i see there's a lass
That you keep gazing upon
There goes my chance
Of owning your heart
Shout out to her
For she triumphed
Till she dismirches
I shall remain destituted


Scheme XABXX XAXXC CCDCC XXXXXXDB
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 111101 111101 111001001 01101 11101 011111 11111 111100101 11011 1110100 11111011 11111 0101101011 01000 111101 1111001 1111 11011 1110 1110 111 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 564
Words 120
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 8
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

This poem is about the failure of the poet in confessing their love to a boy that she likes and now she has to suffer the consequences of seeing him with someone else

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Written on August 20, 2022

Submitted by Releh on August 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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