Analysis of Sweetheart
Bette and me were married about a year,
Two days before pay day, not much food
She packed my lunch bucket to go to work
My bucket seemed light, but what the heck !
At work when it was lunch time
Took my lunch bucket to the table with the guys,
I opened the bucket and out flew a large card,
Only one apple inside, whew !
One guy picked up the card
And read it out loud,
It was a Valentine card, he said lookie, lookie,
Doug's got a sweetheart !
They all stared to laugh
And make fun of me
When I said, " where's your card
From your sweetheart !
They all shut up
Knowing I had seized the moment
When Bette expressed her love
I will never forget !
Now I look back with a sigh
On that St Valentine's day,
Two young people madly in love
Only a card but what a message !
Scheme | XXAX XXBX BXAC XXBC XXDX XXDX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010100101 110111111 1111101111 110111101 1111111 111101010101 110010011011 10110011 111101 01111 1101011111 1101 11111 01111 111111 111 1111 10111010 1100101 111001 1111101 111101 11101001 100111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
Young love
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Written on August 02, 2022
Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on August 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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