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
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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Submitted by RickyBerry on January 11, 2021

Modified on March 17, 2023

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