Analysis of Love's Silent Call



Why must my love for you stay buried in my heart,
like the seeds of flowers deep beneath the winter
snow,
everyday that we're apart.
Even with another, with you I want to be,
keeping my feelings silent so no one else will see.
With another is where we have to stay and not by choice,
I call you on the phone each day just to hear your voice.
The loving touch of your hands on my face,
like the leaves blowing on a soft autumn breeze,
in public our love is silent we can not show a trace.
Who knows what tomorrow holds, we'll have to wait
and see,
To be with you every day seems like a distant dream,
I hope to awake one day and find it to be reality.


Scheme ABCADDEEFGFHDID
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111111110011 101110101010 1 1011101 101010111111 1011010111111 10101111110111 1111011111111 0101111111 10110101101 010101110111101 1110111111 01 11111001110101 11101110111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 636
Words 133
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 501
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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