Analysis of A cup of sugar
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
It is raining
and i want to cry
For the love
that i have found in you
That for now at least
i cannot keep
For the dreams
which so sweetly come
In gentle showers
softly, touching me
In a slow-motion parade
of heartfelt desire
It is not sorrow, which brings tears
To my eyes, it is joy in my heart.
No, it’s not a bad thing,
These living dreams
Between anticipation,
i wait for now at least,
content
as a borrower
Picking up
the few pieces of a dream
i have
This side of forever
About true love and devotion,
In a partnership i’d rather live for
With, rather than…
| Scheme | AX XX BX CX XX XD XX A CE BX D XX XD E XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 01111 101 111101 11111 1101 101 11101 01010 10101 0011001 11010 11110111 111111011 111011 1101 010010 111111 10 10100 101 0110101 11 111010 01110010 001011011 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 150 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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