Analysis of Where Does It Go



When winds stop blowing where do they go?
When love stops growing
where does it show?

When bells stop ringing where is the toll?
When love stops singing
where is the soul?

When birds stop flying where is the soar?
When love stops trying
where is the lore?

When gears stop turning where is the gyre?
When love stops burning
where is the fire?

When waves stop swelling where is the tide?
When love stops filling
where does it hide?

When hearts stop bleeding where do they cry?
When love stops feeding
where does it die?


Scheme ABA CBC DBD DBX EBE FBF
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111 11110 1111 111101101 11110 1101 111101101 11110 1101 111101101 11110 11010 111101101 11110 1111 111101111 11110 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 500
Words 96
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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