Analysis of Could have been friends
Your smile,
pulled me in so quickly.
The moment you spilled that liquor,
I spilled some words trying to start somewhere.
I could feel that you also wanted to speak,
but were very shy.
Now,
I regret smiling back.
All I want,
is to be your friend.
Nothing more,
Nothing less.
I'm way to scared,
scared to give myself,
all of myself.
Please understand,
we could have been friends.
| Scheme | XX XXXX XXXXXX XAA XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 110110 01011110 111110111 11111101011 10101 1 101101 111 11111 101 101 1111 1111 111 101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 6, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
It is about a guy who met this girl and got invested in her, but she only wanted to be friends. He really just wanted to get to know her more than a friend, but she really just wanted to be friends.
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Written on August 26, 2020
Submitted by jadineswart on August 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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