Analysis of Teenage Love
Tomide Bobade 2000 (Nigeria)
New and noble
Yet confusing
Like a newly found gem
Like a fire kindled
She wanted to hide it
So it would never see the sun
To bury it
So it would not see the light
She kept quiet
But her heart spoke
She sat still
But her skin tingled
They called to the sun
To come and see
What it is she has found
The new secret she bore
And in the night
When on her bed she lies
She would stare through the darkness
And smile at the light.
| Scheme | XXXA BCBD XXXA CXXX DXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1010 1010 101011 101010 110111 11110101 1101 1111101 1110 1011 111 1011 11101 1101 111111 011011 0001 110111 1111010 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 443 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Teenage Love is a poem talking about the unique feel of first love.
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