Analysis of You and I
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
I explain quietly. You
hear me shouting. You
try a new tack. I
feel old wounds reopen.
You see both sides. I
see your blinkers. I
am placatory. You
sense a new selfishness.
I am a dove. You
recognize the hawk. You
offer an olive branch. I
feel the thorns.
You bleed. I
see crocodile tears. I
withdraw. You
reel from the impact.
| Scheme | AABX BBAX AABX BBAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011001 11101 10111 111010 11111 1111 111 101100 11011 10011 1011011 101 111 11011 011 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 312 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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