Analysis of Almost Speaking Love
James Schanne 1958 (Vineland)
It’s spread smoothly across the breakfast toast
It’s in the morning words have a good day
It’s on the broccoli and garlic I roast
It’s always there what we forget to say
It wakes in the cooling ripples I blew
Across your coffee that was just too hot
It touches the ear with all that’s true
It’s in every meal that hits the right spot
It’s felt on your neck when I’m behind you
The breathe that tickles the child inside
The whispers we trade we privately chew
Knowing their from the heart and they’ll guide
A taste of heaven I slice just for you
All of my love That will always be true
| Scheme | A B A B C D C D C E C E C C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010101 1001011011 11010001011 111110111 1100101011 0111011111 110011111 10100111011 1111111011 011100101 0101111001 101101011 0111011111 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 620 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 14 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
another sonnet for my wife
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Written on August 22, 2022
Submitted by Jim522 on August 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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