Analysis of I Would Live In Your Love
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me,
I would beat with your heart as it beats, I would follow your soul
as it leads.
Scheme | ABACB |
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Poetic Form | Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 111011101101001 11111111011111101 111011101111001 111111111111011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 283 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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