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.


Scheme ABXXX AXXXX XBA
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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Written on April 13, 2023

Submitted by JaceSon on April 14, 2023

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JaceSon P. Barrus

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