Analysis of Pretend
Pretend- Abby Kesington
Pretend you are far from Houston
Nice weather under the nightsky
Lights defying Newton
Music serenading the blue sky
I think that’s Sheeran “thinking out loud”
As I lay my head on his beating heart
Oops! I hope I am not so loud
As I struggled to move apart
Then came Sade with “by your side”
And I swoon into his arms
Following his steps as guide
I placed my hands on his forearms
Tonight, the stars align
to bring close two aching souls
As all under heaven fall in line
to fill gaping holes.
Then the music comes to an end
And I realize it was just pretend.
Scheme | A ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 01111110 1101001 101010 10010011 111101011 1111111101 11111111 11101101 1111111 0110111 1001111 11111101 010101 1111101 111010101 11101 10101111 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Two people dancing under the nightsky
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Written on October 14, 2022
Submitted by Abbykesington on October 14, 2022
Modified on April 01, 2023
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