Analysis of Love over Lust
Tell me what's fair, that you love me for me
Tell me you care, about what we'll be
Tell me this pretty picture isn't fiction like a fairy
Tell me this will last forever, never temporary
Be me sunshine that prevails by and wades through rain
Harness our growth that sails high and evades pain
Don't confuse these lines of love with lustful refrains
Observe these infection, infatuation-fueled quatrains
Tis' be my letter, to my fair maiden
Tis' be my finest work that I made in-
The rolling hills of the Shenandoah, 'The Valley'
Sigh as your chest vibrates
Sigh as your core pulipates
For this is the heart's pep rally, this is what it can trust
This is what it relates, declarations of love over lust
By: ©William J Dorsey Jr. (Copyright) October 22, 2013
| Scheme | AAAA BBCC XXAXCDD X |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111111 111101111 111101010101010 1111101010100 11110110111 101011110011 101111111001 0110100010101 1111011110 1111011110 010110010010 111110 11111 11101110111111 11110101011101 110110110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 741 |
| Words | 136 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 7, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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