Analysis of Battlefield
On a landscape littered with bad decisions
exists a minefield of pain and regret.
There, you exploded into my heart
and inflicted a wound I can’t forget.
As I retreat to the DM zone
please understand, I want to be brave.
But I’m fighting for so many things
that I have no idea how to save.
Like the curve of your face
the taste of your skin
or the look in your eyes
as I take you in.
Now I’d crawl across the ruin
throughout the bombed-out terrain
and surrender to my captors
just to hear you call my name.
In the silence when the battle’s over
after the rebuilding has begun
I will look into your eyes
and you will tell me that we’ve won.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC CXXX XEDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011011010 010111001 110100111 0010011101 11011011 10111111 111011101 1111010111 101111 01111 101011 11110 11101010 0101101 00101110 1111111 0010101010 100010101 1110111 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
A reflection on the heart battling the pain of unrequited love.
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Written on December 30, 2021
Submitted by IndigoHeart on October 29, 2022
Modified on April 25, 2023
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