Analysis of Lovefool



In place of death, I will serve you.
What we have defies
The bondage of time,
The sanctity of my peace of mind,
What else am I left to do?

I shall spend all day by your side,
Trimming away at the weeds nearby,
Cleaning the moss from your name
as you look down at me with your scornful eyes.

Dawn unto dusk, I will work on bruised knees.
My skin is red and burnt,
And yet,
I cannot help but smile
As my nails fill with your hallowed dirt.

You rob me of my woes,
Cut out my tongue so I cannot speak,
And still, your effigy glares down at me.
(Oh, how I am weak under the gaze
Of my decomposing beau!)

“I want to be with you” I plead;
It is selfish and foolhardy, but it's true.
Let my Pygmalion be turned to stone
So we may be one, embraced
Under the dirt of Bachelor’s Grove.


Scheme ABXXA XXXB XXXXX XXXXX XAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01111111 11101 01011 010011111 1111111 11111111 100110111 1001111 11111111101 1101111111 111101 01 110111 111111101 111111 111111101 0111001111 111111001 110101 11111111 1110010111 11101111 1111101 10011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 787
Words 180
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by ashleyeburns04 on March 31, 2024

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