Analysis of I Can't Love a Wall
Sarah Rayan 1982 (Kuwait City)
If you ever told me, you loved me, when I felt under attack, you don't love me at all, and I can't love you back or love a wall, as a matter of fact, I can't love a wall, against me the odds are stacked
You tell me to dive deeper, then say I swim much too slow, and you'd rather see me crawl, than ever let me go, but I can't love a wall, this much I know, I can't love a wall, but in my dreams, I love you so
You want me to remember what I want to forget, with no proof I felt so small, and no other regrets, in terms of loving a wall, I lost every bet, no, I can't love a wall, until the moon and sun sets
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| Metre | 11101111111110011111110111111101101011111010110111 11111101111111011011111011111110111111110110111111 1111010111101111111101100101110011110011111010101011 |
| Characters | 609 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 148 |
| Words per line (avg) | 45 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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