Analysis of Bleeding Heart
I whispered to her low,
A vow to ease her pain,
But behind those honeyed words,
Lurked a harsh, jagged truth.
I didn't bring her calming peace,
Just a warning, stark and raw.
For I bear a weighty ghost,
Of bygone, searing hurt,
Whose shadow stretches long and far,
Even in the day's brightest light.
The woe within me ferments,
A cancer that slowly grows,
Devouring my very essence,
Consuming love's warm glow.
I told her the truth, yes I did,
For I have learned the hard way,
There is no cure for a heart that bleeds,
No balm to wipe the tears away.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 011101 101111 10111 11010101 1010101 1110101 11101 1110101 10001101 0101101 0101101 010011010 010111 11001111 1111011 111110111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
About this poem
This poem is about how people who are hurt often times hurt other people without intending to
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Written on May 15, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 15, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on June 10, 2023
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