Analysis of The Age of Innocent Love



Who would have believed it
It is a reflection
A mirrored glimpse, in the future
Somewhat brilliantly shining to me
I thought it was better than that
I don't remember the loneliness
Nor all the redolent smiles
But I'm sure they were there


Scheme ABCDEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 110010 01010010 111001011 11111011 110100100 1101001 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 243
Words 45
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 192
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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