Analysis of Love's Toll



The shortcut to a heart’s desire,
where roads and feelings cross

Destiny maps, direction on fire
—love’s toll the only cost

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2019)


Scheme AX AX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 01101010 110101 1001010110 110101 01001010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 164
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 27, 2019

Modified on March 05, 2023

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