Analysis of Love Takes A Bow



I look at the money,
  asking what’s it all mean

From the toys to the honey,
  and the years in between

I look at the statements,
  as my love takes a bow

Thanking God my abatement,
  although late—came about

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)


Scheme AB AB XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 100111 1011010 001001 111010 111101 1011010 11101 010010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 245
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 06, 2016

Modified on March 12, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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