Analysis of I Would Give the World
Would it still have happened
if I did things differently?
I now mourn the time
where the fault of losing you
was never mine.
But in retrospect
in some sick way
maybe it was me,
and without my mistakes
you never would have left.
I wake up in the mornings
begging for your return,
and as the sky fades
to the same starry night
I have pleaded to
for the hundredth time,
so does my hope.
I would give the world
to see the same person
that had once brought the joy
I now lack.
But with every new promise and compromise
that I throw aimlessly
I inch closer
to the the realization
that fate is unforgiving
and stars cannot make promises.
Scheme | ABCDEFGBHIJKLMDCNOPQRSBTPUV |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 1111100 11101 1011101 1101 1010 0111 10111 001101 110111 1110010 101101 01011 101101 11101 10101 1111 11101 110110 111101 111 11100110010 111100 1110 1001010 1110010 01101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 632 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 500 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
About this poem
This poem captures the experience of loss through the eyes of someone in the stage of bargaining, hence the title "I Would Give the World". I wrote this poem to shed light on one of the many ways someone may experience grief.
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"I Would Give the World" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 4 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/180517/i-would-give-the-world>.
Discuss this Alessandra Smith poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In