Analysis of For the Love of Money
A dollar’s color, is envy green.
A compassionate heart, it can wean.
For the love of money, can make you blind.
It can make you lose, your very mind.
For the love of money, can cause pain.
Nothing good, comes from ill gotten gain.
For the love of money, can make you lose control.
It can cost you your friends, your freedom, even your soul.
Having money is okay.
But to love it, causes dismay.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 010101101 001001111 1011101111 111111101 101110111 101111101 101110111101 1111111101011 101011 11111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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“For the love of money is the root of all evil.” - 1 Timothy 6:10
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