Analysis of Battle
Dylan Hoffman 2005 (Connecticut)
It's a fight with myself
Who am I
Why am I here
What is driving me to be this way
It's you
It's always been you
Your fingertips against my skin
You light fires with a single touch
I have been burned before but not like this
It's welcoming
Inviting
Your fire keeps me warm
I could be frozen and your fire would thaw me in an instant
You were a friend
I tried to keep you at arms length to never be burn from your intoxicating essence
But I can't stay away for long
I'm drawn to your flame like a moth
But you are smooth like running water
You keep me alive
Yet if you left It would only be a matter of time before I disappeared
This love is what people confuse with toxic
We give into each other
Never taking without consent
We are so intertwined you and I
Yet I still battle with myself
The words echoing in my mind
"I am not enough"
"I don't give enough"
"Please don't leave"
I beg and beg and beg for the voices to stop
I know you would never hurt me
I would never hurt you
Yet I still fear one day you will leave and be happy elsewhere
I give my heart to you
It has always been yours
Break it
Keep it
Curse it
Lock it away
As long as I have you to hold I don't need nor wish for anything else
I don't need my armor or weapons with you
Those scars I have all bubbled for everyone to see
Covering over the soft skin I once had
You heal them
The scars disappear when you are near
But come back once we depart
The battle is not with you
But with my own heart
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 111 1111 111011111 11 1111 1100111 111010101 1111011111 1100 010 110111 1111001101110110 1001 111111111101111010010 11110111 11111101 111111010 11101 1111111010101101101 11111001110 1101110 10100101 111001101 1111011 01100011 11101 11101 111 110101101011 11111011 111011 11111111101101 111111 11111 11 11 11 1101 11111111111111101 11111011011 111111011011 10010011111 111 01011111 1111101 0101111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,461 |
Words | 306 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 48 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 302 |
About this poem
It's about me and my lover
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