Analysis of Winning love
Eileen Goldberg 1950 (Brooklyn)
Before I knew that you were here
I never really knew
that right before my very eyes, I’d
watch my dream come true.
Resist, I did, with all my might,
but soon all walls were out of sight.
A courtship of the sweetest kind
then stole me body, soul and mind.
My heart began a new beat too,
my greatest joy in life now you.
I didn’t expect that you would come,
I never knew you’d be the one.
You never faltered, never quit
your heart kept saying this is it.
And so you came here every day
in your quiet, unassuming way.
Urged me gently, made me see
just how happy we could be
What is life if not to live?
What good is love that you don’t give?
I had no answer, this is true
and so I gave my heart to you.
Scheme | ABCBDDEEBBFGHHIIJJKLBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101 110101 110111011 11111 01111111 11110111 0110101 11110101 11010111 11010111 11011111 11011101 11010101 11110111 011111001 01100101 1110111 1110111 1111111 11111111 11110111 01111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 530 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 145 |
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Written on March 09, 2023
Submitted by eimed2000 on March 09, 2023
Modified on April 10, 2023
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