Analysis of I Like Your Way



I like the way you're florid. I like the way you bloom.
I like the way you're torrid.
I like the way you plume.

I like the way you're stable. I like the way you melt.
I like the way you're able.
I like the way you wilt.

I like the way you're moral. I like the way you think.
I like the way you're oral.
I like the way you link.

I like the way you're feather. I like the way you thrill.
I like the way you're tether.
I like the way you smell.

I like the way you're magic. I like the way you cure.
I like the way you're tragic.
I like the way you lure.

I like the way you've broken. I like the way you fold.
I like the way you've woken.
I like the way you hold.


Scheme AXA XBX CBC XXX DXD EXE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110110111 1101110 110111 1101110110111 1101110 110111 1101110110111 1101110 110111 1101110110111 1101110 110111 1101110110111 1101110 110111 1101110110111 1101110 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 642
Words 144
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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