Analysis of Oh Love I Promise You
Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)
Oh love I promise you
All the things that we do
All this world indigo, violet, and blue
As I think about you
Where the heart builds a bridge
That young lovers go through
oh love I promise you
| Scheme | AaaabaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 101111 1111010001 111011 101101 111011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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