Analysis of The boy in the man
The boy in the man
You can hold him tight but he won’t stay for long.
Tearful goodbyes urge the craving for a new hello.
A lost soul with somewhere to be is all you’ll get to know.
With a trail of broken hearts is all he has to his name.
The curious demon starts a innocent flame.
A boy in a man is what he’s been accused to be.
A cold hearted liar in the first degree.
There’s a 100 years of living and 100 more after that.
But his spirit will still be around way longer after that.
Not from impact or presence but from bridges he’s burned.
Conveying the illusion of love from lessons never learned.
Hiding his hurt by Trading his time for wealth just to Live fast on a highway to hell.
Broken promises and second chances is what drives his sins to secrets he can never tell.
Problems that are fixed with a lustful touch and a silver tongue.
A romance he assured to be love sprung .
But His drunken words tell his sober thoughts
what happened in darkness eventually comes to the light.
Another heart shattered with pain but with every excuse he’s always sure to be right.
And again the tears drops fall.
At the fault of a boy that’s just within the man.
Scheme | A XBBCCDDEEFFGGHHXIIXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001 11111111111 101101010101 0111111111111 10111011111111 010010101001 0100111110111 01101000101 10111001101 111011101110101 1101110111011 010001011110101 10111101111111110111 10100010101111111011101 101111010100101 0011011111 1110111101 110010010001101 010110111110001111111 0010111 101101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,175 |
Words | 243 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 20 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 453 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
About this poem
I was told I’m just a boy after a break up
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Written on January 30, 2022
Submitted by Reytorres4695 on January 10, 2023
Modified on April 30, 2023
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