Analysis of Love
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
Scheme | X X X X X X X X X X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101111 1010101001011 111110111111 0100101001 1111011101 1100010111010 11110101010 101011100110 1110110111111 11110001010011 111101111101 1111110111 11111111111 11111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 695 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
Its about the author protruding their true feelings
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Written on October 14, 2022
Submitted by 15331 on October 14, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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