Analysis of Take Me Back
Doug Haberman 1959 (Albuquerque, NM)
Where are the float-on-air days
The ones I don’t want to forget
When we danced to the magical feeling
The bright sun just might never set?
Take me back
Where are the long ago times
Our evening embrace was so tight
And we shared what each day had delivered
And stars seemed to smile at night?
Take me back
Do you recall how for years
Love stitched together our dreams
Before fate pulled out its dark blade
And ripped us apart at the seams?
Take me back
You’ve been living alone for a while
Is your life giving what you desire?
I’m betting that, like mine, it isn’t
Can we try to rekindle the fire?
Take me back
| Scheme | xaxa B xcxc B xdxd B xeae B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1101111 01111101 1111010010 01111101 111 1101011 101001111 0111111010 0111111 111 111111 11010101 01111111 01101101 111 111001101 1111011010 11011111 1111010010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
This is a poem about a love that didn't last, but the speaker wants another bite at the same apple.
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