Analysis of If Not Love Is That Brick And Mortar Between Us



Where do
young lovers find true love
between themselves
oh where do
young lover go
but
if not love is
that
brick and mortar
between us
then,
young lovers must
know where to go
when
that
same brick and mortar
connects the soul


Scheme abcadefGhijkdjGhl
Poetic Form
Metre 11 110111 0101 111 1101 1 1111 1 1010 011 1 1101 1111 1 1 11010 0101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 234
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Written on October 17, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

Modified by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

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