Analysis of Jonathan, my Jonathan,



Jonathan, my Jonathan,
You make everything
feel all right.
Jonathan, my Jonathan,
I look forward to the
day we meet in person.
Jonathan, my Jonathan,
I like everything about
you.
Jonathan, my Jonathan,
Let's stay together for as
long as we can.
Jonathan, my Jonathan,
I'm basically saying
You have the key to my heart
Do I have the key to yours?


Scheme AbcAdaAefAghAbij
Poetic Form
Metre 1001100 1110 111 1001100 111010 111010 1001100 111001 1 1001100 1101011 1111 1001100 110010 1101111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 330
Words 62
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 267
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on November 25, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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