Analysis of They call you love.
They call you love, you are lust and loss.
Though you appear lofty, you are lethal.
Your beauty lures to lost.
You are a canker worm.
You eat a man’s emotion reducing him to carcass.
You reduce a man to nothing,
Rather food for vultures.
Are you not thorns hidden under beautiful lilies?
You pierce every tender heart that hugs you,
And you nail all to your cross forever.
You reduce a king to a crust of bread,
And you prepare his downfall meal before him.
His treasure you share among infidels,
His kingdom you tear into pieces,
His remains you give to the dogs.
Those who are wise dread you.
Some who are smart keep paths with you,
Dining with you but from a distance as with devil.
Those who don’t know you call you love,
But you devour them like a lion devours prey.
Scheme | XAXXX XXXBX XXXXX BBAXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111101 1101101110 110111 110101 11010100101110 10101110 101110 1111101010010 11100101111 0111111010 1010110111 0101111011 1101101100 110110110 10111101 111111 11111111 1011110101110 11111111 11010110100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
About this poem
This poem is meant to expose the dangers of an untrue, an unhealthy relationship, a love engagement due to lustful desires. A relationship built on lust and deceit often found in harlotry. The poem tries to unravel the dangers, sad stories, delusions and destructions associated with such inglorious activities, spellings out some of the known indices and advising on the implications of such vain relationships.
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Written on September 24, 1975
Submitted by Rayerofavour on December 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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