Analysis of Glimpses Of Pleasure Before Fade
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
They said nothing lasts forever,
But they only whispered it,
Afraid of the truth echoing back,
Of echoes that linger, refusing to fade.
They fear the longevity of love,
The endurance of passion and joy,
Because in their shallow hearts
Love seems a tempestuous storm,
Crashing and breaking hearts,
Burning them to ash, to dust.
They flee from commitment,
Terrified of promising eternities,
For they fear their own limitations,
The feeble bounds of their affections.
They only desire fleeting moments,
Glimpses of pleasure before fade,
But how can they comprehend
The constancy of love, unwavering?
It frightens them, you see,
To think their hearts could be tethered,
Bound forever to another's soul,
Forever entwined in an eternal dance.
So they whisper their doubts and fears,
Hoping to convince themselves,
That nothing can endure,
But that which is temporal, fleeting.
Scheme | XXXA XXBXBX XBCC XAXD XXXX XXXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010 1110101 011011001 11011001011 110010011 010011001 0101101 1101001 100101 1011111 111010 1011001 11111010 010111010 1100101010 10110011 111101 0100110100 110111 11111110 101010101 01001010101 11101101 1010101 110101 111110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 875 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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