Analysis of Choices

Linda Parks Owens 1952 (Rockingham, NC) – 2012 (Rockingham, NC)



I remember and I hope you do too:
How wonderful it was
when our love was brand new.
Every second was precious and rare.
Our sweet love was beyond compare.
Time passed but we both held on.
We felt secure in knowing
our love was so strong.
Now we're older; our race is nearly run:
And we still love like we had first begun.
When I look back through all the years:
At all the laughter and also the tears.
There is just one thing that will always
hold true.
If I had to do it over again,
I would still choose you.


Scheme ABACCDEFGGHIJAKA
Poetic Form
Metre 1010011111 110011 1101111 1001011001 101110101 1111111 1101010 101111 11101011101 0111111101 11111101 1101001001 11111111 11 1111111001 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 494
Words 103
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 392
Words per stanza (avg) 103
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 09, 2023

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