Analysis of I Listen Carefully
I listen carefully when love is said
And hear how and not how much
Big seas and lofty mountains led
To huge statements,leave no touch
A few small words simple worth
Say every feeling love conceives
We cry alone on shiny earth
For loving tones one voice achieves
But I love you and you hear noise
In my best words love forever
I give you my most honest joys
To mollify your silence,never
Hear anything I know is true
You will love me as I love you
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD DEDE FF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101001111 0110111 11010101 11111 0111101 11001011 11011101 11011101 11110111 01111010 11111101 11011 1101111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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