Analysis of Jealousy
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
What beautiful legs you have my dear
And a soft, white, supple tail
What man would not desire you?
For you they’d go to jail!
Your eyes are like deep waters
On the surface we see light
But when we get in deeper
It is black, as dark as night
The light of love won’t shine down there
Its only filth and lust
Swim back up to the surface
To the light and do what’s just
Don’t covet married women
In your heart, defile them
Blows and wounds will be your lot
And you will have no friends
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110011111 0011101 11110101 111111 1111110 1010111 1111010 1111111 01111111 110101 1111010 1010101 1101010 01111 1011111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 374 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Written on October 21, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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