Analysis of On Waves of Love
When I was young, my heart stood open wide,
still unaware of what might happen next,
It welcomed in and rode love’s very tide.
My heart felt strong the way with waves it flexed,
Withstanding blows, resistant to reject.
As I grew old, my heart refused to close,
though being scarred by rubble that love throws,
It harbors those whose love has no restrains.
A frozen heart, it never really knows
The grace of warmth that after loss remains.
Scheme | ABABCDEFEF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111111101 101111101 1100011101 1111011111 0101010101 1111110111 1101110111 1101111101 0101110101 0111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Written on November 12, 2022
Submitted by ludy_b on November 12, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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