Analysis of The Greatest Gift
The greatest gift of my life,
Has to be my wonderful wife,
Who, from the moment she captured my heart,
Has been, to my life, the biggest part!
She has a heart as big as a mountain,
And, the love from her flows like a fountain,
She lifts me up when I am down,
She truly deserves a golden crown.
I hope she gets that crown some day,
But not until she's old and gray,
'cause you see, God, she's a wonderful wife,
So, please, let me keep, for a long time, the
greatest gift of my life!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111 11111001 1101011011 111110101 1101111010 0011011010 11111111 110010101 11111111 11011101 1111101001 1111110110 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 469 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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