Analysis of Puppy Love
Back when a youngster with a blond burr-head
And swinging on a tire tied in a tree,
You skip-roped by with pigtails autumn red,
Stopped at my gate and turned and smiled at me.
At twelve, we married, played house in that oak
For hours and hours, I Tarzan, you were Jane.
At thirteen, grapevine I commenced to smoke
And you became so bashful, I turned vain.
At fourteen, somehow taught me fox-trot dance
Though I'd become the bashful one, you not.
At fifteen, kissed you in the barn by chance
And after that I'd tote your books a lot.
Then came the day you up and moved away
But in my heart remain until today.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1101010111 01010101001 111111101 1111010111 1111011011 11001011101 111110111 0101110111 111111111 1101010111 1011100111 0101111101 1101110101 1011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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