Analysis of A Valentine Card (2/15/88)
William Goresko 1951 (Philadelphia, PA) – 2008 (Willow Grove, PA)
Today, my son, you drew me
A Valentine card
With pictures of dinosaurs
Ringed by the words
"Hugs and Kisses"
Proclaiming your love for me.
Within your little chest
There beats an enormous heart;
A lovely untamed beast,
It tugs and strains at
The worldly tethers
Which hold it back trying to
Keep it from bursting forth.
I too drank that same
Magical elixir upon which
You feed but slowly as
The cup ran dry have
Lost the way. From these
Rough and ragged seas,
You are a lighthouse
On the distant shore,
A brightly shining beacon.
| Scheme | ABCDEAFGHIJKLMNOPQQRST |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111 0101 110110 1101 1010 0101111 011101 1110101 01011 11011 01010 1111101 111101 11111 100010011 111101 01111 10111 10101 1101 10101 0101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 520 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 429 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
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