Analysis of Love Life



If I would love life
I must have the goal to cast my heart and soul
If I would love life
I must have the style to share my joy and smile
If I would love life
I must have the light to lift my gloom and night
If I would love life
I must have the grace to find my path and place
If I would love life
I must have the skill to use my strength and will
If I would love life
I must have the clout to face my fear and doubt
If I would love life
I must have the peace to grant my tie and lease
If I would love life
I must have the time to tend my tone and prime
If I would love life
I must have the bend to keep my vow and trend


Scheme AbAcAdAeAfAgAhAiAj
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101 11111 11101111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 602
Words 144
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 476
Words per stanza (avg) 144
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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