Analysis of BEFORE I KNOW IT

Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)



BEFORE I KNOW IT

Whisper of a tomorrow, I fear to see
Dance the dance and fly away with me
What we are, what we may be meant to be
Is all in the tomorrow I'm afraid to see
For I danced in the fire, and I got burned
I ain't no fool, once was is enough I learned
Yet here you are right before my eyes
So lovely that my heart takes to the skies
I'd swore I'd never fall so hard again
Cause girl, it hurts too much in the end
I can't go through it, oh no I won't
My heart says jump, my head says don't
You're like a dream from which I know I'll wake
The one mistake I won't ever again dare make
Don't tempt me with your awesome eyes
Or pouty lips and longing sighs
My mind is stone, hard, dead set against
Girl I build a wall if you tear down the fence
While I don't look my heat digs a hole for you
Before I know. It, your love has gotten thru…


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Poetic Form
Metre 01111 1010011111 101010111 1111111111 11000110111 11100100111 11111110111 111110111 1101111101 1111011101 111111001 111111111 11111111 1101111111 010111100111 11111101 11010101 111111101 11101111101 11111110111 01111111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 844
Words 182
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 20
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 319
Words per stanza (avg) 91

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Love sneaks in

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Written on March 14, 2024

Submitted by crucifiedinhim2 on March 14, 2024

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