Analysis of Would You
Would you give two cents back,
if I were to give you a dime
Would you slightly then trust,
if I pledged all of mine
Would you carry me astray,
if I could then lead you back
Would you love me just once,
--- if I loved you forever like that
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April. 2015)
| Scheme | AX XX XA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 11011101 111011 111111 1110101 1111111 111111 111101011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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