Analysis of When You Say I Love You
When you say I Love You what does it really mean?
Is it deeply heartfelt
or mindless routine?
When you say I Love You what does it stipulate?
Is it sturdy promise
or mere carnal bait?
When you say I Love You what does it represent?
Is it empty babble
or informed consent?
When you say I Love You what does it symbolize?
Is it happy union
or mock compromise?
When you say I Love You what does it register?
Is it wobbly fledgling
or chiefly mature?
When you say I Love You what does it manifest?
Is it rightly complete
or return request?
When you say I Love You what does it signify?
Is it precisely true
or bad-mannered lie?
| Scheme | AXA BXB CXC DXD XXX EXE FXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111111101 11101 11001 11111111110 111010 11101 11111111101 111010 10101 11111111110 111010 1110 111111111100 1110010 11001 11111111110 111001 10101 11111111110 110101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 603 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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