Analysis of I DO

THOMAS BRIAN ESTES 1972 (LOUISVILLE, KY)



WHEN OTHERS CAN'T
I CAN
WHEN OTHERS WON'T
I WILL
WHEN OTHERS WOULDN'T
I WOULD
WHEN OTHERS DIDN'T
I DID
WHEN YOU STUMBLE
I GIVE BALANCE
WHEN YOU FALL
I PICK UP
AND WHEN YOU ASK OF MY LOVE
DO YOU?
I'LL SIMPLY SAY
I DO!

THOMAS BRIAN ESTES 1990


Scheme XXXXAXAXXXXXXBXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11 1101 11 11010 11 11010 11 1110 1110 111 111 0111111 11 1101 11 101010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 226
Words 50
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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