Analysis of Have To Leave You
If asked to move an Ocean
I'd move it just one inch
If asked to move a mountain
That too would be one inch
But if asked to move you
I wouldn't move you at all
Because that would leave
A big hole in my heart
So I'd have to leave you
Right where you are.
Scheme | ABABCDEFCG |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111110 111111 1111010 111111 111111 1101111 01111 011011 111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 254 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
About this poem
Those who have done so much just by being a friend. Weather just on this beautiful site or from childhood, I graciously embrace you all.
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