Analysis of The Dance
Tabitha J. Bryson 1973 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
The scent of love
whispered on the wind
such a gentle warm breeze
I think of you again.
I listen to its melody
drifting softly by
I miss you so much my friend
though I don't know why.
Is it because I really love you
is it because I actually fell
is it because your heart knows my melody
and can sing it so well?
My soul feels your rhythm
in time, we hum along
a sensuous rhythm lost to time & space
a dance where only you & I belong.
For love is in the air
on this crisp spring eve
a lovely melody of time & chance
and it's all about you & me.
So let's get lost in the rhythm
& dance our lives away for
what have we of this life
but to love & dance & drift away?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIEIJKLKMNOEJPQR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 10101 101011 111101 11011100 10101 1111111 11111 110111011 110111001 11011111100 011111 111110 011101 0100101111 011101101 111001 11111 010100111 0110111 11110010 1101011 111111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 687 |
| Words | 143 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 517 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
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Written on April 12, 2021
Submitted by tabbycat_b on September 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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