Analysis of Villanelle for the brokenhearted



It’s too sad to be a-doing nothing,
When the river of time keeps a-flowing on.
The broken heart should look up to a li’l something.

Treasures, if be lost, may be found again;
The dank, hurting heart must go a-ploughing on.
It’s too sad to be a-doing nothing.

Let your jukebox trill ‘bout most anything,
Even if the switch’s a bit off ‘n’ on.
The broken heart should look up to a li’l something.

Shine your soulful gems to a spick ‘n’ sparkling;
Expressly, as the grand show of life is on.
It’s too sad to be a-doing nothing.

But if tears be the traveler’s plaything;
Plug that leaking canoe an’ get a-rowing on.
The broken heart should look up to a li’l something.

Keep a-twanging hope’s taut aching bowstring,
The twilight archer shall soon arrow a glowing dawn.
It’s too sad to be a-doing nothing.
The broken heart should look up to a li’l something.


Scheme AbA xbA abA abA abA axAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101010 10101110101 010111110110 1011111101 0110111011 1111101010 11111110 1010101111 010111110110 11101101110 01010111111 1111101010 111101001 111001110101 010111110110 10111101 011011100101 1111101010 010111110110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 891
Words 179
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

Pain of loss or betrayal or even guilt can be brutal. But don’t let’s compound it by drifting deep into dark, lonely caves where our well-wishers cannot reach us. Stay accessible, dear heart. Allow the joy of love to flow back into life. Revive that zing. (Do what you got to do, angel. You are worth it!)

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Written on July 07, 2022

Submitted by gaurav_m on August 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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