Analysis of Expectation
Though you see nothing of what I am feeling
I accept that you do not understand
Your differences have blinded you from seeing
But you must let me alone withstand
Sometimes you perceive what others cannot
And you comfort me as well as you can
Other times I am left troubled and distraught
Gone unnoticed and feeling letdown
So much is expected that I can’t give
Try as I might I can’t be what you weren’t
It hurts so much at times I cannot live
If only someone could decrease this hurt
I am not what you’re expecting of me
An image of what you wanted to be
| Scheme | ABAB XXXX XBXX CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111110 101111101 110001101110 111110101 0110111010 0110111111 10111110001 10100101 1110101111 1111111111 1111111101 110110111 1111101011 1101111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 550 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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