Analysis of My Precious Little Dove
Michael Stanley 1979 (Illinois)
Tears fall from the eyes of my angel,
and I gently wipe them away.
She tells me not to go,
but I tell her I cannot stay.
The time has come for me to leave
And be a responsible man.
She tells me to “Be careful.”
I tell her, I’ll do the best I can.”
As much as I don’t want to
I know I’ve got to go.
When I will return,
I honestly do not know.
I give her my last kiss goodbye
And tell her, “I love you.”
She looks me in the eye and says, “I love you too.”
I can not stand it anymore,
I now begin to cry.
The pain I feel within me is twisting into knots,
And I understand why.
It’s because I’ll miss my baby.
My one and only true love.
She’s so sweet and innocent.
My precious little dove.
Michael Stanley 1998
Scheme | ABCBXDADECXCFEEXFXFGHXH G |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011110 01101101 111111 11101101 01111111 01001001 1111110 110110111 1111111 111111 11101 1100111 1101111 010111 111001011111 1111101 110111 0111011110011 01011 10111110 1101011 1110100 110101 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 769 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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