Analysis of What Good
Warbard 1967 (Los Angeles)
What good are words if you're not here,
To make these words worth speaking,
For then my words are like a breeze,
Which sails across the lonely seas,
With no one there to listen.
What good are dreams if you're not here,
To make these dreams worth dreaming,
For when I awake without you near,
These dreams will bring my eyes to tears,
Then slowly will I shun these visions.
What good is life if you're not here,
To make my life worth living,
For time will pass without a trace,
With only the longing for your embrace,
And slowly will I fade away.
What good is love if you're not here,
To make my love worth giving,
For I'd become a bush of thorns,
Which wounds the flesh, and leaves it torn,
Scarring all who comes my way.
For with you here, a breeze is felt,
To speak my whispered words to you,
And when I awake to see you near,
I'll keep and hold these visions true.
And time is stilled, for within my arms,
There's someone always there to hold,
And amidst these thorns, roses bloom,
To shine so bright with petals gold.
So what good am I if you're not here,
To bring me inspiration,
For with you here, my spirit is whole,
And without you, I hold half a soul,
Which is worse and less than none at all,
Is it not so?
Scheme | ABCCD ABEXX ABFFG ABXXG XHEH XIXI ADJJXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1111110 11111101 11010101 1111110 11111111 1111110 111010111 11111111 110111110 11111111 1111110 11110101 1100101101 01011101 11111111 1111110 11010111 11010111 1011111 11110111 11110111 011011111 11011101 011110111 111111 00111101 11111101 111111111 111010 111111011 001111101 111011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,182 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on 1985
Submitted by Warbard on September 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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