Analysis of You Always Seem Attentive



You always seem attentive and listen to my care
even when your own concern is cause for a despair

You always seem forgiving and merciful to all
even when your own concern is cause for legal call

You always seem generous and kindly toward the poor
even when your own concern is cause for needing more

You always seem sensitive and cautious about hurts
even when your own concern is cause for just deserts

You always seem unselfish and help most everyone
even when your own concern is cause for to be undone

You always seem lovable and tender around folks
even when your own concern is cause for butt of jokes

You always seem dutiful and faithful to a school
even when your own concern is cause for "bend the rule"


Scheme AA BB XX CC DD EE FF
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 111010010111 1011101111001 111010010011 1011101111101 1111000100101 1011101111101 111100010011 1011101111110 111101110 10111011111101 111100010011 1011101111111 111100010101 1011101111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 699
Words 132
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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