Analysis of How do I love thee



How do I love thee? I love thee to the ends of the world
To the purity of my soul , and where it's pure light leads me
I love thee to the heights of the sky, the length and breadth of the seas
Where the full contents of my heart is laid out plainly, and its darkness casted out free
I love thee even when I am sober with your love, thus, you're the reason I need to love thee
When the weather becomes too temperate, and your touches cold
I love thee to the extent I still pray and pray
I love thee to the length I give up my youthful days
I love thee with the imagination of my foolish youthfulness
To live in harmony in your old pale yet lovely arms
As though loving you will be easy, I am ready to love thee at whatever cost.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111111101101 101001110111111 1111011010101101 10110111111100110111 11110111101111101011111 10100111001101 111100111101 1111011111101 11110001011101 11010001111101 11101111011101111101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 730
Words 153
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 51
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 566
Words per stanza (avg) 151

About this poem

It reminds me of the ingenuity of love and romance.

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Written on July 27, 2022

Submitted by Usman_legend on July 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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