Analysis of Why Can't You Love Me?



Why can't you love me?
What is it that I can't see?
I'm the only one who cares
That's how it feels usually
I crave the simple things
What joy brings
The freedom stings
This situation, I think
is toxic, I'm on the brink
of insanity
I need to find someone who can stand me.
Am I boring? Annoying? Clueless?
I'm not the prettiest or best dressed,
but on the days when you're most stressed
I offer my shoulder or chest
So you have a safe place to
close your eyes and rest.
Are you too comfortable in the chaos?
Or too content with loneliness & feeling lost?
Please look inside yourself
Stop projecting onto me like I'm someone else
Like you don't know me
I'm the perfect stranger
You betray, lie, and ignore me
Until I'm raging, full of anger
You'd be this way, too,
if I did that shit to you.
Why can't you love me?
Through all of this I've stayed
All of my memories stained
Unhealable pain
You're so unempathetic,
While doing so carelessly
Is that why you can't love me?


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1111111 1010111 11111000 110101 111 0101 101011 1101101 10100 111111111 111001010 110100111 11011111 11011011 1110111 11101 11110000010 11101100101 110101 10101011111 11111 100110 10110011 011101110 11111 1111111 11111 111111 1111001 11 111 1101100 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 970
Words 198
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 34
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 746
Words per stanza (avg) 185

About this poem

I wrote this poem after being in a lengthy marriage and never felt loved.

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Written on February 01, 2023

Submitted by ohdam.itssam on February 12, 2024

Modified by ohdam.itssam on March 26, 2024

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Samantha O'Dell

I live a pretty intense life. People pleaser extraordinaire. Boy mom x2. Music is my life. I spend most of my time writing poetry or doodling on my bathroom mirror with chalk markers. haha more…

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