Analysis of And you love me
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
And you love me
I love you.
You are, then, cold coward.
Aye; but, beloved,
When I strive to come to you,
Man's opinions, a thousand thickets,
My interwoven existence,
My life,
Caught in the stubble of the world
Like a tender veil --
This stays me.
No strange move can I make
Without noise of tearing
I dare not.
If love loves,
There is no world
Nor word.
All is lost
Save thought of love
And place to dream.
You love me?
I love you.
You are, then, cold coward.
Aye; but, beloved --
| Scheme | a B C Dbxxxexaxxx xecxxxa B C D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 111 111110 1101 1111111 101001010 1010010 11 10010101 10101 111 111111 011110 111 111 1111 11 111 1111 0111 111 111 111110 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 11, 7, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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