Analysis of To Love Me Is to Accept Me as I Am



I know I'm not a handsome man,
Or even a rich man monetarily.
But my heart would bleed and die for you,
To keep you protected, loved, and free.

I have my flaws like smoking tobacco,
Or using too many curse words at times to endure.
But my heart is for God, you, and our sons,
My heart is human, sensitive, kind, and pure.

I know that I could do well to lose a pound or few,
Or more to be healthy and live long by your side.
I would be saddened to leave you too early in life,
Leaving you a widow instead of a loving wife.

Too much weight, chewing tobacco, drama,
No common sense, your words ringing in my ear.
But I've never said such things to you, I've just loved you as you were and are.
And I still choose to love you and hope, that you will choose to love me again and again, My Dear.

Love is a choice, not a feeling.
We have to choose it every day no matter the cost.
Accept me as I am, and love me as I am, as I do you,
Before a great blessing in us is what is lost.

Love One Another As We Are!


Scheme XABA XCXC BXDD XXEX XXBX E
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 11001100100 111110111 111010101 111111001 1101101111101 11111110101 11110100101 1111111110111 111110011111 1111011111001 1010100110101 111100110 11011110011 111011111111111001 01111110111111110100111 11011010 11111100111001 0111110111111111 010110011111 11010111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,006
Words 235
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

A poem to serve as a reminder that truly loving someone requires loving them, flaws and all, and accepting them as they are, not as you would like them to be.

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Written on April 15, 2022

Submitted by liltank76 on April 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Peter G. R. Toves

Peter G. R. Toves is a free style, from the heart, sharing life experiences kind of writer, aspiring to one day publish a book of his favorite, personally written works to inspire, motivate, and touch hearts through words of love and life itself. A PhD and a Poet is He. more…

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