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 |
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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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