Analysis of If Love Alone
If love alone could capture the soul
I would hold yours forever close to me
If love alone could waive life’s toll
Your debt, I would pay for an eternity
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111001 1111010111 11011111 11111110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 157 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on November 28, 2023
Submitted by Hardenburg on November 29, 2023
Modified by Hardenburg on December 04, 2023
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