Analysis of Matters of the Heart
Bonnie L Steimer 1958 (Berwick, PA)
I lay and watch the storm hit my window.
Now I must rise, from my rain soaked pillow.
I wait and I watch for the sun to come out,
I hope and I pray, and I scream and I shout.
But the clouds just get darker, the wind starts to blow.
The ache in my heart is all that I know.
And then she comes and sits with me,
The most beautiful dove that I ever did see.
1 look into her eyes of brown,
And see her soul and royal crown.
We speak about the wind and rain, And clouds that form and cause us pain.
And hopes and dreams and all that be
Along our path, our destiny.
Then as we speak the sky turns blue,
The sun shines bright, the day anew.
I know that dove I'll never leave,
She heals my soul, for her I breathe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011110 1111111110 11011101111 11011011011 101111001111 0101111111 01110111 011001111011 1010111 01010101 1101010101110111 01010111 0110110100 11110111 01110101 11111101 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 711 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 533 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 150 |
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