Analysis of Cliff



I desire
To witness more through my eyes,
So that I can fix
All that is broken inside.
Time moves quickly,
Slipping away,
And you might miss the part
Of me that will stay.

For a lengthy time,
I have been struggling
To carry this burden,
It has slowly been destroying
My other half,
My soulmate,
My person,
My muse.
Here I am,
Overlooking the edge of a cliff,
If I fall,
it will be a long way down
From where we made our pledge.


Scheme XXXAXBXB XCDCXADXXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 1101111 11111 1111001 1110 1001 011101 11111 10101 111100 110110 11101010 1101 11 110 11 111 10001101 111 1110111 1111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 440
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 13
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 164
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Written on June 04, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023

Modified by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023

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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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