Analysis of I Ever Want You For A Friend
I ever want you for a friend, nothing more or less
I never want us to pretend
or just acquiesce
I ever want you for a guide, nothing more or less
I never want us to collide
or just deliquesce
I ever want you for a sport, nothing more or less
I never want us to contort
or just retrogress
I ever want you for a chum, nothing more or less
I never want us to benumb
or just coalesce
I ever want you for a coach, nothing more or less
I never want us to encroach
or just dispossess
I ever want you for a mate, nothing more or less
I never want us to berate
or just obsolesce
| Scheme | AXA AXA AXA AXA AXA AXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110110111 11011101 1101 1101110110111 11011101 111 1101110110111 11011101 111 1101110110111 1101111 1101 1101110110111 11011101 1101 1101110110111 11011101 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 552 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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