Analysis of Song

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



LOVE, love me only,  
 Love me for ever;  
My life’s been lonely,  
 A joyless endeavour.  
Though earth were heaven,          
 I in it for ever,  
Of thee bereaven—  
 I’d love again never.


Scheme ABABCBCB
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 11110 11110 01010 11010 101110 111 110110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 198
Words 33
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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