Analysis of Love



My, oh my, -Love- what has it done for me?
It's taken my heart and held it pris'ner.
It's torn to pieces and is incomplete.
It's sweet, but I've learned it's also sour.

My, oh my, -Love- what has it done for me?
It's torn me apart, ripped me at my seams.
It's made me fall, and it has made me weep.
Only on deaf ears fall my silent screams.

My, oh my, -Love- what has it done for me?
Oh my heart, -Love- has left me in the dark.
It pulls me 'round and causes misery.
It rips my heart and leaves me a small shard.

Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.
But soon the fire will leave a smolder.


Scheme Abxb Acxc Axax bb
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111 110110111 1111001001 1111111010 1111111111 1110111111 1111011111 1011111101 1111111111 1111111001 1111010100 1111011011 100110010 1101011010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 576
Words 122
Sentences 14
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on September 14, 2016

Modified on March 13, 2023

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