Analysis of I just called...
[Verse 1]
No New Year's Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of Spring, no song to sing
In fact here's just another ordinary day
No April rain, no flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday, within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you
[Chorus]
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
[Verse 2]
No summer's high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies
No Libra sun
No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do
[Chorus]
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
[Outro]
Of my heart
Of my heart
(--Stevie Wonder "I just called to say I love you" 1984)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 1111110 110101011101 11111111 01110101001 11011101 110100010111 11111101 111111111111 10 11111111 111111111 11111111 01111010111 1 1101 111 110111110101 1101 1101 110111111101 1101 101 110111010111 11111111 111111111101 10 11111111 111111111 11111111 01111010111 11111111 111111111 11111111 01111010111 1 111 111 101011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,174 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 5, 12, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on January 18, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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