Analysis of Saint Valentine's Day
Long have I sought for words e'er wrought,
to raise my own heart themes; that I might say
in some quaint way "I love you" toward extremes.
Yet, words won't send the ceaseless trend,
of thoughts that can't be told. But actions will
the story tell of all love's manifold.
My preciousness, my happiness,
you're everything to me. All heart's desire
is in your hire; you hold my life's lone key.
Within you keen I see serene
my fondled, cherished prize. Your winsome will
enchanting still, I fancy, idolize.
Found in my eyes please read the sighs,
silenced, bound in my chest; how you imbue
my need for you: when with you I'm at rest.
Oh, were you near I'd hold you dear,
pressed to my yearning heart. And there you'd know
in fullest glow the depths it does impart.
Scheme | XXXXAX XXXXAB BXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111101 1111111111 01111110101 11110101 1111111101 010111110 111100 1101111010 10110111111 01111101 1101011101 010111010 10111101 1010111101 1111111111 10111111 1111010111 0101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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