Analysis of Outgrowing a Lovely Life
Dabbled in the wake of
Change,
I discover the beauty of
Agony
Of retiring what I love.
Blessed
With wounds of change:
Favored
To love so deeply,
Pure
Enough to sorrow itself.
| Scheme | ABACADBECFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100011 1 10100101 100 1010111 1 1111 10 11110 1 0111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
This poem came to me when I reflected on the imminence of moving to college: a change I can not avoid. In this feeling of grief for my life which I have become quite fond of, I see beauty. It is beautiful that it hurts to leave because that pain proves how incredible your life has become, and how incredible a new life may become in the future.
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Written on October 18, 2022
Submitted by ardenchase21 on October 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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