Analysis of UNSPOKEN LOVE



You're conscious of your beautiful looks,
But you're particularly obsessed with your hair,
Remember that day in my room When you told me to touch it?
You probably don't, it was too long ago.

Anyway, I did, and it was magical and intoxicating,
I said nothing but didn't my eyes give it away?
My brain was running wild at a thousand kilometers per hour,
And my heart was beating out of my chest;
I thought you could see through my hoodie.

I wanted to say a lot but my overthinking brain always wins,
I lost my breath, courage, and love all in one moment,
Because you never tried again after that,
I lost you, So to no one, here goes what I felt, what I should have said.

I can't contain my soul when I'm around you so I'm scared,
Just being around you turns my stomach into a whole fucking zoo,
Your eyes swallow my soul whole so I hope you understand,
Laying this on you means relinquishing control, an art I'm poor at.

You have my heart, my soul, and frankly my body,
I clearly have no say in whatever they do when I'm around you,
There, that's what I should've said when I so clearly had you,
Please go easy on my overthinking brain for making doubt what was so evident.


Scheme XXAX XXXXA XBCX XDXC XDDB
Poetic Form
Metre 110111001 11100001111 010110111111111 11001111101 101101110000100 1110110111101 1111011010010110 0111101111 11111111 1101101111111 1111100110110 01110101101 11111111111111111 11011111011111 11001111100101101 1110111111101 10111101000111111 111111010110 1101110101111011 11111011111011 111011111101111100
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,193
Words 249
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 181
Words per stanza (avg) 45

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Why do we run from love, then long for it when it's gone?

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Submitted by Liza.Njeri1 on April 18, 2024

Modified by Liza.Njeri1 on April 18, 2024

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