Analysis of What Shall I Write For You
What shall I write for you,
to make a still frame of this moment,
so the words that poured across my thoughts
when you looked at me in your way,
will be there when the memory fades.
What will I sing for you,
to unwrap the ringing in my heart,
so the harmony of souls
when your fingers danced in mine,
won't disappear into forgotten shadows.
Is there a way to collect this feeling,
in word or song, an instant!
When everything but poetry and music dissolve into nothing but faded mementos of you.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 110111110 101110111 11111011 111101001 111111 101010011 1010011 1110101 101010101 1101101110 0111110 110110001001011011001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 507 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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