Analysis of There Was You
Criss F Rosenlof 1969 (Utah)
Walking down the road of life, scared and all alone.
I needed someone in my life to help me carry on.
I was praying to the Lord for someone to help me make it through,
then all of the sudden, there was you.
You came into my life, brought me up when I was feeling down.
Someday you will be my wife, 'cause you make my world go 'round.
I thank the Lord for the gift of love, that came from out of the blue...
'cause when I needed someone, there was you.
You were there when I needed you, you proved your love was true.
'Cause when I needed someone, there was you.
© Criss F. Rosenlof 1988
-I wrote the lyrics to this song back in 1988 when I was dating my wife. It was the first poem I ever put to music, which I also wrote, and it was specifically for my wife LeAnn.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011110101 1101011111101 111010111111111 111010111 110111111111101 1111111111111 1101101111111101 111101111 10111101111111 111101111 111 11010111101111011110110110111011101011010011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 762 |
| Words | 157 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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