Analysis of Love Takes A Little More
You supply the lips and I'll supply the kiss,
You supply the chance and I'll supply the bliss.
You supply the truth and I'll supply the trust,
You supply the time and I'll supply the lust.
But if it's love you want, it's gonna take a little more,
and when we finally get there, it'll be like waves hitting the shore,
of the oceans of our hearts, the feeling lingers on,
from the touch of evening twilight, 'til the early morning dawn.
You supply the fantasy and I'll supply the act,
You supply the opinion and I'll supply the fact.
You supply the quip and I'll supply the smile,
You supply the road and I'll supply that extra mile.
But if it's love you want, it's gonna take a little more,
and when we finally get there, it'll be like waves hitting the shore,
of the oceans of our hearts, the feeling lingers on,
from the touch of evening twilight, 'til the early morning dawn.
You supply the wings and I'll supply the flight,
You supply the day and I'll supply the night.
You supply the ground below and I'll supply the sky above,
You supply your tender heart and I'll supply my endless love.
Because even though love takes more, I shall not stand and wait,
for love to sweep me off my feet, for I might be too late.
So, I've now become a partner of fate,
in the never-ending waterfall known as love and hate.
Scheme | aabb CCDE ffgg CCDE hhii jjjj |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 10101010101 10101010101 10101010101 10101010101 11111111010101 01110011101111001 10101101010101 10111011010101 1010100010101 1010010010101 10101010101 1010101011101 11111111010101 01110011101111001 10101101010101 10111011010101 10101010101 10101010101 101010101010101 101110101011101 01101111111101 11111111111111 1110101011 0010101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,287 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
A Poem for those people that have difficulty showing their feelings and therefore have a hard time allowing themselves to love and be loved.
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Written on 1996
Submitted by EmotionalEchoes on October 02, 2021
Modified on April 19, 2023
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