Analysis of Lost



I am lost

I am lost with you
I am lost without you

I am lost in the feelings of love.
But terrified of telling you anything that I feel.

I thought there was this unspoken understanding between us.
On how we work.
 The physical attraction, the addiction to each other.

Years went by without a word from you.
Then, you said hey again, and everything has confused me since.

I’m overthinking everything I say and overanalyzing everything you say.

I can’t go a day without thinking of you
A night without dreaming about you

Things are getting complicated
 We’re dancing around the words in the air
Too afraid to ruin what we have

I can’t tell you all the things that go through my head

I can’t tell you that I had always felt safe in your arms
That cuddling you was the best stress reliever
Or how I wish I could fall asleep in your arms
Pulled into your chest I always felt at peace

My head is lost as to what to do
My heart knows it wants you


Scheme X AA XX XXB AX X AA XXX X CBCX AA
Poetic Form
Metre 111 11111 111011 111001011 110110110111 11111010010011 1111 010001000101110 111010111 11110101010111 111011011011 11101011011 010110011 1110100 0100101001 101110111 111110111111 1111111111011 11011011010 111111101011 1011111111 111111111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 968
Words 201
Sentences 9
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Written on May 09, 2022

Submitted by Windham.melissa1024 on May 09, 2022

Modified by Windham.melissa1024 on May 09, 2022

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