Analysis of Back Then
Sarah Rayan 1982 (Kuwait City)
Back then, no one said I love you, before we saw the light
no one should go back in time, when we owned each other, but never held each other tight
Back then, no one said I love you, and everyone was lost
we've come so far in every way, loving one another, after we paid the cost
We've come so far, but now we pray, the past does not repeat, through every page in history, we felt under attack
Back then, no one said I love you, but now, nothing holds us back
| Scheme | AA XX B B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111011101 111110111111011011101 1111111101011 111101001101010101101 11111111011101110010100111001 111111111110111 |
| Characters | 462 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 58 |
| Words per line (avg) | 16 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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