Analysis of Dance
I long to touch you
to hold you and dance
To the music you caused
to rise within my soul
But I stand at a distance
Afraid that if I get to close
you will be frightened
by my nearness
That I could not abide
I would rather watch you
from a distance
than not see you at all
My world would be indeed
without you in it
For me to love
| Scheme | A B X X C X X B X A C X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 11111 11101 101011 110111 1111010 01111111 11110 111 111101 111011 1010 111111 111101 01101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 17 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on November 22, 2012
Modified on March 31, 2023
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