Analysis of Love
I was at my desk when in he came.
His hair was dark, his eyes the same.
Excited, I blurted, almost a shout.
"Hey you, would you like to go out?"
His smile told me all I needed to know.
And that was over thirty years ago!
We're married now, for twenty years.
Most of that was filled with tears.
He drank, he lied, he ran away.
But I still loved him to this day.
Ten years ago, consumed with strife.
He put down the bottle and took back his life.
His eyes are still dark, his hair not so much.
His smile is for me and so is his touch.
I weathered the bad times and cherished the good.
The first time I saw him, I knew that I would.
Still my love!
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE FFGG X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111011 11111101 010110101 11111111 1111111011 0111010101 11011101 1111111 11111101 11111111 11010111 11101001111 1111111111 1111101111 11001101001 01111111111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
Was written for my husband on our 22nd wedding anniversary.
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Written on July 23, 2016
Submitted by Sueo on January 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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