I Can't Give You This
I can't give this to you
I want to
Even if you accepted it
It's not mine -to give
I can't give you this
but I want to, always did
It would take all of me
If it was possible
Everything I am, it would take
the sum of me, and you
Could you live with that
Don't look to me
I can't answer that
Please don't look
I'm afraid of what I'll say
and what I'll find
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Submitted on October 04, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A A X X X X B X X A C B C X X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 338 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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