Analysis of My Love
Barry W Smith 1963 (Laon)
If I could love, but for a thousand days more,
I would spend them all on you.
If I could see but for a hundred days more,
I would hold you in my sight day and night.
If I could feel touch, but for ten days more,
I would lay in your arms through them all.
If I could hear, but for one day more,
I would use it to know the beats of your heart.
If I could smell, but one hour more,
I would use it to store your scent in mind
If I could taste, but for one minute more,
I would taste your lips in an unending
Kiss.
If I could remember, but for one second
more,
I would etch my mind with your love.
| Scheme | ABACADAEAFAGHIAJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101011 1111111 11111101011 1111011101 1111111111 111011111 111111111 11111101111 111111101 1111111101 1111111101 1111101010 1 11101011110 1 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 592 |
| Words | 141 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 445 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 129 |
About this poem
To my wife
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