Analysis of Dunce Songs : 9
Mark Van Doren 1894 (Vermilion County) – 1972 (Torrington)
Love me little, love me long,
Then we neither can be wrong:
You in giving, I in taking;
There is nor a heart breaking
But remembers one touch,
Or maybe seven, of too much.
Love me more than halfway, though.
Let me think, then let me know.
And I promise you the same:
A little wild, a little tame;
Lest it ever seem long:
Tick, tock, ding, dong.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1110111 10101010 1110110 101011 11010111 1111111 1111111 0110101 01010101 111011 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 341 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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