Analysis of Forever

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



A love that only lasts awhile
Is not true love at all,
For it should not "go out of style"
Nor should it ever stall.

The kind of love I have for you
Will never, ever fail.
By now you know how very true;
True love is never frail!


Scheme ABAB CDCD
Poetic Form Traditional rhyme
Quatrain 
Metre 01110101 111111 11111111 111101 01111111 110101 11111101 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 229
Words 54
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

The length of love.

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Written on February 09, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 09, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on February 09, 2024

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