Analysis of The language of love
David Miller 1961 (New Castle, PA)
The language of love
In a world so cold, so heartless
Void of love and empty
A soul longs for tender kisses
Little whispers of love so sweet .
We seek the rarest of treasures
Not one to be gawked at by men
But one which is felt by tender hearts
When the rainstorm closes in.
Like ripples upon the calm water
Love’s effects can sweep us all
We may not even notice
Impressions not obvious, but small.
You really have to be silent
To hear the voice of love’s call
So quickly it will change us
Like a child, we are prone to fall.
It isn’t seen in flashes of lightening
Or heard in the thunder’s roar
But love pulls on the heartstrings
In eyes of someone we adore.
When we least expect it
When our hearts are raw
Love grips us undeniably
Leaving us in awe.
Scheme | X ABXX XXXX XCAC XCAC XDAD XEBE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011 00111110 111010 01111010 10101111 11010110 11111111 111111101 101100 110010110 1011111 1111010 010110011 11011110 1101111 1101111 10111111 1110101100 1100101 111101 0111101 111011 110111 1110100 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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