Analysis of 21
Gertrude Stein 1874 (Allegheny) – 1946 (Paris)
I love my love with a v
Because it is like that
I love my love with a b
Because I am beside that
A king.
I love my love with an a
Because she is a queen
I love my love and a a is the best of them
Think well and be a king,
Think more and think again
I love my love with a dress and a hat
I love my love and not with this or with that
I love my love with a y because she is my bride
I love her with a d because she is my love beside
Thank you for being there
Nobody has to care
Thank you for being here
Because you are not there.
And with and without me which is and without she she can be late and then and how and all around we think and found that it is time to cry she and I.
| Scheme | ABABCXXXCXBBDDEEXE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 011111 1111101 0111011 01 1111110 011101 111100010111 110101 110101 1111101001 11110111111 1111101011111 11010101111101 111101 1111 111101 011111 0100111100111111010101011101111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 668 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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