Analysis of The Flame

Alan J Carom 1958 (Swansea)



               

I can see the cries that come from your eyes. They make me want to lay down and die. But you must stay alive so that I can survive. Please don't deprive me of one last kiss. That is the only thing I would miss. I'm helpless without you by my side. I have already lost all my pride. There is nothing left for me to hide. The tide comes in and goes out. But I still sit here in the sand and call your name out. But every day is the same. The breeze has blown out the flame, and now I sit here in shame.


Scheme X
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1110111111111111101111101111101110111111110101111110011111110101111111011111011001111111001011111100110101111010111101
Characters 526
Words 117
Sentences 12
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 190
Words per line (avg) 58
Letters per stanza (avg) 190
Words per stanza (avg) 58

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My girlfriend left me.

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Written on October 14, 1958

Submitted by alanswansea18 on December 16, 2023

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