Analysis of If Love was Money, I'd be Broke
If Love was Money, I’d be Broke
What were those words you once spoke?
was our love true or was it just a joke?
well babe, if love was money, I’d be broke
picking myself up out of the ashes
The only remaining remnants
of love’s incendiary flames
always makes me wonder
how I get mixed up in these silly games
Lighting my cigarette for another toke, I think again
if love was money, I’d be broke
drivin’ in my truck on my way to work
tryin’ to make a buck
and taking it all without a quirk
Sometimes it’s like an old mystery movie
of dagger and cloak
because when I think of it
if love was money, I’d be broke
Scheme | Aaaax xbxb xAcxc xaxA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1011111 11011111101 1111110111 101111010 01001010 11010001 11110 1111101101 10101101011101 11110111 101111111 11101 010110101 01111110010 11001 0111111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
Just a life without love.
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