Analysis of I Can't Explain Heart Reasons



I can't explain heart reasons that reason cannot know.

I can't explain my love for you or aim a Cupid's bow.
I can't explain my laud for you
or yell a shrill bravo.

I can't explain my play for you or win a tic-tac-toe.
I can't explain my song for you
or hum a re-me-do.

I can't explain my pain for you or tell a tale of woe.
I can't explain my hunt for you
or call a tallyho.

I can't explain my awe for you or ray a pure halo.
I can't explain my wave for you
or stop a river flow.

I can't explain my prize for you or have a talent show.
I can't explain my stun for you
or Edgar Allan Poe.

I can't explain my beat for you or step a do-si-do.
I can't explain my fight for you
or slug-out toe-to-toe.

I can't explain my trek for you or passage to-and-fro.
I can't explain my feel for you
or give a blow-by-blow.

I can't explain heart reasons that reason cannot know.


Scheme A xba abb aba aba aba bba aba A
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110110101 1101111111011 11011111 110110 11011111110111 11011111 110111 11011111110111 11011111 11001 11011111110110 11011111 110101 11011111110101 11011111 110101 11011111110111 11011111 111111 11011111110101 11011111 110111 1101110110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 841
Words 177
Sentences 16
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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