Analysis of Ego
He took a match from his pocket, and burnt our old house to the ground. He brushed its ashes into the wind along with his vanity. In order that we may start again.
He left his self-pride at the door, in order to love better, love more.
The day he put the ring on my finger, he took a spade out into the woods.
He buried his ego 6 ft deep. The soil he covered it with was so rich in love and devotion that only the MOST beautiful saplings could grow from its nutrients.
In all my life it was the first time I'd ever experienced faith.
You are the closest I've ever been to a god.
Our love is the closest I have ever been to heaven,
Sacred, serving, devout.
He takes no pride in the divide between sexes.
He honours me.
It's a secret totally lost on others-
There's no weakness in true devotion,
Only power.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKGL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111100110111011111001010111100010111101 11111101010111011 0111011110110110101 11011011011101111101001011001100101111100 01111101111001001 110101101101 101101011101110 101001 111100010110 111 10101001110 111001010 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 820 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 620 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 159 |
About this poem
My darling husband showed me what real love can grow to be.
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Written on January 06, 2020
Submitted by tamaracowdery on November 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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