Analysis of Ever Faithful to You

Lucian B. Watkins 1879 (Chesterfield, Virginia) – 1921



When e'er I read these words, Dear Heart, of your sweet valentine,
I'm sure no heart can ever feel a sweeter joy than mine.

"Faithful!" no word can e'er express a truer, greater love—
No truer constancy than this have angels up above!

"Ever!" ah, then eternally you pledge that you'll be true!
For love's sweet sake, alone, I choose a happy life with you.

Through every sorrow, joy or pain that we in life may meet,
In sweet companionship we'll share—the bitter with the sweet.

We'll live with these words of faithfulness, what e'er our lot may be.
And live that we may after death from earthly stains be free.


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Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 11011111111110 11111101010111 101111001010101 11010011110101 10110100111111 11110111010111 110010111110111 0101011010101 111111111010111 01111101110111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 633
Words 115
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 48
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lucian B. Watkins

Lucian B. Watkins was born in Chesterfield, Virginia in 1879. The author of Voices of Solitude (Donahue & Company, 1903), he worked as a teacher and served in World War I. He died in 1921. more…

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