Analysis of A Whisper
Let me tell you something, a whisper,
A higher truth never spoken,
Murmured through the lips of Gods,
Message sent from the other side of the horizon,
You.
A light that is mine, not just meanwhile,
But forever in my eyes,
Incessantly falling from dusk til dawn,
I am for you,
Be with me, just for a minute,
A thousand smiles and I see yours,
A beautiful thing.
It's a particular and peculiar thing is love,
Mine for you, a purpose for life,
In a world full of silence and nonsense,
I dance for you, sing with me,
Look at me, see my lighthouse,
Swim to me, tap those little feet and run to me.
With warm embrace I wait for you,
Sleep is merely a painful distraction,
Greet me with happy tears in the morning,
Yield in my arms and lay with me,
Tell me something, a whisper,
A higher truth,
Tell me of a boundless love,
Fall in love with my eyes, and be with me, forever,
Please say it's me.
Scheme | ABXBC XXXCXXD EXXFXF CBDF AXEAF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110010 01011010 1010111 1011010110010 1 01111111 1010011 0100101111 1111 11111010 01010111 01001 1001000010111 11101011 0011110010 1111111 111111 111111010111 11011111 1110010010 1111010010 10110111 1110010 0101 1110101 1011110111010 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 871 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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