Analysis of When Love Is Only Memory
We were drenched
standing underneath a tree.
There was similarity between she and me.
Both were truants.
I was nineteen
and she was sixteen.
The crystal drops
were dripping from her hair.
They dared to kiss her eyes, lips even brest.
I was tantalized.
My daring heart was enticed.
Today I am standing
underneath the same tree.
But there is a difference
between that day and today!
I am alone, wet
, and burdened by ill fate.
| Scheme | XAABCC BXXXX XABXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 100101 11010001101 101 1111 01101 0101 010101 1111011101 1110 1101101 011110 01011 1110100 0111001 11011 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 426 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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