Analysis of You Thought I Couldn't I Love You



You thought I couldn't love you any deeper than the well.
Yet time has dug rock-bottom
and is digging deeper still.

You thought I couldn't know you any better than the truth.
Yet time has shown probity
and is showing better couth.

You thought I couldn't praise you any higher than the stars.
Yet time has lifted standards
and is lifting higher bars.

You thought I couldn't want you any greater than the gold.
Yet time has built-up value
and is building greater wold.

You thought I couldn't feel you any closer than the skin.
Yet time has touched spirit-core
and is touching closer-in.

You thought I couldn't see you any clearer than the sun.
Yet time has raised dim shadows
and is raising clearer dun.


Scheme XXX AXA BXB CXC DXD EXE
Poetic Form
Metre 11110111010101 1111110 0110101 11110111010101 1111100 0110101 11110111010101 1111010 0110101 11110111010101 1111110 0110101 11110111010101 1111101 0110100 11110111010101 111111 0110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 684
Words 126
Sentences 13
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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