Analysis of Who Will Be There When You Sing?
Who will be there when you cling?
Who will seize your fainting swoons?
Who will be there when you sing?
Who will feel your touching croons?
Who will be there when you call?
Who will hear your stirring pleas?
Who will be there when you fall?
Who will stay your keeling knees?
Who will be there when you weep?
Who will dry your drenching tears?
Who will be there when you sleep?
Who will ease your morning fears?
Who will be there when you chaff?
Who will crave your loving strokes?
Who will be there when you laugh?
Who will prize your pleasing jokes?
Who will be there when you wake?
Who will sense your running start?
Who will be there when you ache?
Who will mend your breaking heart?
| Scheme | ABAB CBCB DBDB EBEB FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 39 sec read
- 0 Views
5 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Who Will Be There When You Sing?" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/91140/who-will-be-there-when-you-sing%3F>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Wallace Dean LaBenne poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In