Analysis of Why Can'T You See You Really Love Me



You call me on the phone, telling me you miss me so.
You call me on the phone, wanting to talk to me as a friend.
You ask me to come over, but only as your friend.
We laugh and talk all night, but only as friends.
Then I leave and you call me, and tell me you miss me again.
I cant keep doing this, I keep hoping you'll change your mind.
For you see I have never changed mine.
I have always loved you, but you have never loved me back.
So every time I come around you, I have to hold my feelings back.
I don't want to, stop being your friend.
I don't want to, not ever hold you again.
I don't want to, be just your friend.
I want to be with you, keep you safe, and love you.
But you only want, to be my friend.
But I cant only, be your friend.
So I have to stop, all that I do.
I have to stop, loving you.
There is just one way, I can to do this.
I have to stop, being your friend.
I have to stop, talking to you.
I have to stop, coming around you.
I have to stop, loving you.
Then hopefully you'll see, that you really love me.


Scheme abbcdefggbdbhbbhHibhhHj
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011011111 111101101111101 1111110110111 11011111011 111011101111101 11110111101111 111111011 1111111110111 110011101111111101 111111011 11111101101 11111111 111111111011 111011111 11110111 111111111 1111101 1111111111 11111011 11111011 111110011 1111101 110011111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,006
Words 220
Sentences 23
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 758
Words per stanza (avg) 220
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Submitted on April 04, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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