Analysis of How Do I Tell You
But How Do I Tell You
His silent footsteps echo in the corridors of the past
Yet whispers still attach themselves to his heart
Holding onto a dream of a love that couldn’t last
And memories of the past softly cry
The echoes of silence haunt where once her voice thrived
And in the quiet his heartache is an orchestra
Why oh why was love so fragile, like a candle barely alive
Will the silence ever be silent
The echoes of silence are a cold embrace
Holding a heart thst just wants to cry
A love so vibrant has gone
But when will the silence let him say goodbye.
My heart speaks but no one hears
Words of feelings, emotions unchained
Pouring out my hopes and fears
But how do I tell you
Through moonlit nights and sunlit days
My hearts holds a hesitant voice
Seeking to speak in so many ways
But how do I tell you
Should my heart paint in words a canvas of desire
To tell your sunshine fills an empty space
That I seek a spark to light a sleeping fire
But how do I tell you
My heart knows what is true
That you are a melody of wonder
It longs to say “I love you”
But how do I tell you.
Scheme | A bxbc xxxx dcxc xbxA exeA fdfA afaA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 11011000100101 11010101111 101001101111 0100101101 010110111011 000101111100 1111111010101001 101010110 01011010101 100111111 0111011 1110101111 1111111 11100101 1011101 111111 111011 11101001 101101101 111111 1111010101010 111111101 111011101010 111111 111111 1110100110 1111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,105 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
A story of a love that cannot be admitted or told.
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