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.
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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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