Analysis of Keep



I keep you hidden,
hidden away,
away from the ink,
and it’s evil aftertaste.

I write about bad,
about bad terrible things,
because how hard is it not to
in such a horrible world.

But you’re good,
good in itself.
And I don’t want to
give you away,
away to all the words
I write about pain.

Because you have a beautiful soul,
a soul that I lack. And
you remind me
there are still beautiful,
beautiful things left,
like those freckles on the
side of your face.

So I keep you hidden,
hidden away,
and I’ll keep tossing pages
as long as you’re not on them.


Scheme aBxx xxcx xxcbxx xxxxxxx aBxx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (32%)
Metre 11110 1001 01101 011010 11011 0111001 01111111 0101001 111 1001 01111 1101 011101 11011 011101001 011110 1011 111100 10011 111010 1111 111110 1001 0111010 1111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 584
Words 132
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6, 7, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

I wrote this poem to reflect on both the destructive themes of my writing, as well as how my love and admiration for a person makes me not want to ever write about them.

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Written on June 13, 2022

Submitted by arevaloandres004 on December 29, 2022

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Andres F. Arevalo Zea

Born in Colombia, studying Computer Science in Boston, but writing is my biggest passion. more…

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