Analysis of Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl
All across the hard landscape, I see beauty by the score
It’s the big city, she steps near as I open the door
The wind kicks up, a wintery, blistery nature speaks
Her head turns, sweeping her hair, baring two red cheeks
Our eyes meet, she nods, and a smile appears
But I say nothing, she walks inside, around the corner and disappears
I urge my feet to move forward, but their will is greater than mine
Where are my words, why do I pause, in awe of one… so divine
Her image… stays in my mind, eyes so kind… nose so refined
Lips of affection, alabaster skin, hands of perfection
The morning sun joins me, with a smile and a warm pat on the shoulder
But it doesn’t help, my walk to work has just gotten much colder
Scheme | X AABBCC DDXXEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1010111110101 10110111111001 0111011101 011100110111 10111100101 11110110101010001 1111111011111011 111111110111101 01010111111101 11010100111010 01011110100111010 111111111110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
It's about a chance encounter between a young man and young woman at a doorway to a large building in the big city. But as in so many chance encounters that could have had an outcome of serendipity, that romantic trigger, sadly never gets pulled.
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