Analysis of I Want To Have It All



If you can't be honest with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "deep truth" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be sincere with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "what's real" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be patient with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "sweet calm" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be faithful with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "full trust" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be humane with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "kindness" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be tranquil with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "accord" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be buddies with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "friendship" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be content with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "comfort" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be happy with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "laughter" with you. I want to have it all.
If you can't be in love with me then be nothing at all.
I want to have "passion" with you. I want to have it all.


Scheme AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Poetic Form Monorhyme
Metre 11111011111011 11111111111111 11110111111011 11111111111111 11111011111011 11111111111111 11111011111011 11111111111111 11110111111011 11111011111111 11111011111011 11110111111111 11111011111011 11111011111111 11111011111011 11111011111111 11111011111011 11111011111111 11110111111011 11111011111111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,135
Words 255
Sentences 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 839
Words per stanza (avg) 255
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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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