Analysis of I Should O' Known
Were I wise I should o' known
To steer a leery course;
And felt the tumult wind had blown
Its tempest of remorse.
But I was given to the sound
That echoed through my head
And tumbled in there, round and round,
The first sweet words she'd said.
She told me all the world was ours
Until our days may end;
Boundless love that never sours
Nor can the years amend.
She said she ever would be true
And by my side she'd stay
But now her words are scant and few ~
My love has went away.
So, as I drift into the night
And darkness takes its place
My hindsight wishes that I might
Have pondered (just in case).
I should o' known, oh! were I wise,
With sense that could not see
Wisdom visits in disguise
But seldom visits me.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 0111111 110101 01010111 110101 11110101 110111 01001101 011111 111101110 0110111 10111010 110101 11110111 011111 11011101 111101 11110101 010111 1110111 110101 11111011 111111 1010001 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
A philosophical write from 2021
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