Analysis of Not Love
Love is not a light-switch to be turned off and on
by some Flimsy Whimsy who uses it as pawn
Love is not a doormat to wipe off dirt from boots
by some Grainy Zany who plainly has no roots
Love is not a target to be shot at for fun
by some Daffy Sassy who wants to hit-and-run
Love is not a checkbook to be written on banks
by some Lazy Crazy who assumes they are blanks
Love is not a morsel to be forked up and chewed
by some Hungry Horsey who is greedily shrewd
Love is not a stopgap to be shared between gigs
by some Lonely Only who dances shifty jigs
Love is not a firestorm to be snuffed out with drink
by some Boozy Doozy who with alcohol shrink
Love is not a caper to be a moment's fling
by some Woozy Floozy who castigating bring
Love is not an object to be a sexual score
by some Happy Hussy who jabs as picador
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011111101 111010110111 11101111111 111010110111 111010111111 111010111101 11101111011 111010101111 111010111101 111010111001 11101111011 111010110101 11101111111 11101011101 111010110101 1110111001 1111101101001 1110101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 802 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 647 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 169 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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