Analysis of If I Had Kissed You In The Garden



Sun-dappled leaves, a secret space,
Laughter and whispers, a stolen embrace.
A blush on your cheeks, a question in your eyes,
A moment suspended, beneath endless skies.

But courage then faltered, a word left unsaid,
The silence stretched onward, a feeling unfed.
Did your heart yearn too, with a silent decree?
A forever unknown, a missed possibility.

Now only the memory, a bittersweet sting,
What song would we sing if I had kissed you in the garden?
And did you hear them say?


Scheme AABB CCDD XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 1001001001 01111010011 01001001101 11011001101 0101100101 11111101001 001001010100 11001000101 11111111110010 011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 481
Words 95
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on March 26, 2024

Submitted by ggolden9 on March 26, 2024

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