Analysis of Sweetheart

Douglas H. Mc Clintock 1934 (Sarnia, Ontario)



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
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

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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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