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?
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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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