Analysis of Letter to Emily



I like the way you look at me,
and I know what you are feeling.
I want to spend my life with thee
'cos the sight of you gives me healing.

I wonder if you know how my heart beats,
whenever you are close.
How you sweep me off my feet,
like though I've missed my dose.

I had to leave my darling home,
so that with you I can roam.
For nowhere else can I abide,
except with you to ride.

If I don't have you to myself,
I might just take my life,
for without you I lose my breathe,
like I've been stabbed with a knife.

I need right now to see your folks,
so that I can make my wish known;
how I want you to be my own,
and for love break this yoke.


Scheme ABAB XCXC DDEE XFXF XGGX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 11011111 01111110 11111111 101111110 1101111111 010111 1111111 111111 11111101 1111111 1111101 011111 1111111 111111 10111111 1111101 11111111 11111111 11111111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 659
Words 166
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on November 18, 2022

Submitted by iamfemiwhite on November 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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