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
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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Written on October 12, 2023

Submitted by jtm0107 on October 20, 2023

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John Martino

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