Analysis of Cross-Purposes
She said, "I do not understand
And probably never will,
That you object to what I've planned;
My hope you often kill!"
Before today, all things seemed right
Between my friend and me.
But slowly she began to fight
The ways I hoped would be
The day-to-day relationship
Of friends who really care,
Since there can be no partnership
If one controls the pair!
I told he how I felt about
The lack of "give and take".
I also said I had much doubt
That changes she could make.
She did not know how to respond
And so she left and I moved on.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 0100101 11101111 111101 01011111 011101 11010111 011111 0111010 111101 1111110 110101 11111101 011101 11011111 110111 11111101 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Mismatched friends
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Written on September 08, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 08, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on September 08, 2023
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