Analysis of Where Do I Stand?
I have no idea how long you can stay,
I always do fear;
I'm starting to think of you too frequently,
You're becoming someone so dear.
How can I be certain that you're serious w/ me?
That your love is true?
Can you give me any assurance?
Something that I can hold on to.
Right now, I'm starting to feel,
A feeling so mushy and light;
I can't get you out of my head,
You're all I think of every day and every night.
You made it way too easy for me
To fall in love with you;
But how am I to know,
That your feelings are true?
Please, please do something,
Te ease my troubled heart;
I am an intelligent woman, but when it comes to this,
I'm afraid I'm not so smart.
So if you're just looking for a pastime
And chose me to play the part;
Please, I beg you, spare me the pain
Because I have a very weak heart.
If you don't like me that way I like you
Please don't act as if you do;
Cause I might really lose myself,
If you turn out to be fake and untrue.
Scheme | XABA BCXC XDXD BCXC XEXE XEXE CCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11101011111 1111 11011111100 1010111 111110111001001 11111 111110010 10111111 1111011 01011001 11111111 11111100101001 111111011 110111 111111 111011 11110 111101 111010010111111 1011111 111110101 0111101 11111101 011101011 1111111111 1111111 1111011 1111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 956 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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