Analysis of All My Love
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The bomb has been dropped
The destruction begins
When the truth is assaulted
Then nobody wins
You can’t live with a liar
Who never has turned
You won’t find any peace
When you’re still getting burned
You have to get out
But you want to stay in
The lie felt so good
But the truth has to win
So, put shoes on your feet
And run out in the storm
It’s too cold in this house
Where it used to be warm
The love that I have
Made the room seem so bright
It drove out the darkness
And let in the light
When the light had come in
It exposed all the lies
When I found out the truth
I just sat down and cried
Your life was a lie
For the last twelve years.
When I saw it was true
Then I felt all the fears
Being deceived is never a pleasure
It usually results in you losing treasure
The loss is so massive
And carries such weight
That the love I once had
Almost turned into hate
Then I started to pray
Went and talked with my Father
And he comforted me
He said: “There will be others”
Others to love and to cherish and honor
And this time my son
All my love will be on her
Scheme | XAXA BCXC XDXD XEXE XFXF DXXX XGXG BB XHXH XBXX BXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 001001 1011010 111 1111010 11011 111101 111101 11111 111110 01111 101111 111111 011001 111011 111111 01111 101111 111010 01001 101110 101101 111101 111101 11101 10111 111111 111101 1001110010 1100001011010 011110 01011 101111 11011 111011 1011110 011001 1111110 10110110010 01111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,080 |
Words | 232 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on February 07, 2022
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 24, 2022
Modified on March 29, 2023
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