Analysis of A Seven-Year Love
Wanting you,
knowing I couldn’t have you
I called the devil my friend
as he surrendered the key
The lock to your heart reopening,
the hourglass turned over
In the flames of December
—running back to you
(Houserville Pennsylvania: December, 1971)
| Scheme | AAXXXBBA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 101111 1101011 1101001 011110100 010110 0011010 10111 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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