Analysis of The expression of Love

Leo Long 1986 (Durban)



Today I felt like writing a poem,
Perhaps on the fall of Caesar, or the rise of Rome…
But then I felt it’d be a bore
And you’d never shout, “Encore”.

I then considered colourful roses and birds,
Or the vast savannas and their grazing herds,
But still it wasn’t quite the thing
That’d make your heart swoon… or sing.

I then pondered on a bright summer’s day
And all the marvelous things I might say,
Yet still the words clung to my tongue
And would not express the feeling of which my heart sung.

When finally I sat down to write
It was not about roses or a romantic night
But the simple expression of my love for you
Like the twinkling diamond in the drop of dew.

Whilst I yet wrote the pen surrendered,
Knowing my love for you is more than the words any ink’s rendered
For you make me full… complete and merry,
Just to have you as my wife Kerry.


Scheme XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 0111110010 0110111010111 11111101 011011 1101011001 10101001101 1111101 1111111 1110101101 0101001111 11011111 0110101011111 110011111 1110110100101 101001011111 101001000111 111101010 1011111110110110 1111101010 111111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 849
Words 165
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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