Analysis of Forever and Always
Forever and Always
By Joyce Codd Ricker
Till death do us part, Forever and Always
my true love my partner, for all of my days,
You're the light of my life, my dream that came true...
There's no greater love that I’ve found...., I found in you.
Those words from that cowboy, swept that girl off her feet..
For there’s no one-not one... who made her heart skip a beat.
When she looked in his eyes, she saw the love that was pure,
And being wrapped in his arms she felt safe and secure.
His dreams became hers as their paths became one,
For the heart of that girl - the cowboy surely won.
She was encouraged, uplifted as he stood by her side,
As the cowboy would whisper these words to his bride:
Till death do us part, forever and always
my true love, my partner for all of my days.
You're the light of my life, my dream that came true,
There's no greater love that I’ve found….I found
It's been seven years, since he rode off in the sun;
For the Lord showed that cowboy his work here was done.
That girl was not ready But with God ever near
She whispered, "Hey cowboy" and these words in his ear:
Till death do us part, forever and always
My true love, my partner for all of my days.
You're the light of my life, my dream that came true,
There's no greater love that I’ve found
No greater love that I’ve found
Scheme | ax AABb ccdd eeff AABgeexx AABgg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001 11110 1111101001 11111011111 10111111111 111011111101 11111111101 1111111101101 1110111101111 0101011111001 11010111011 10111101101 11010100111101 10111011111 1111101001 11111011111 10111111111 1110111111 111011111001 10111111111 111110111101 11011011011 1111101001 11111011111 10111111111 11101111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,509 |
Words | 283 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem 7 years after my husband passed away. He swept me off my feet in 1985 and we were married for 25 years with 2 beautiful children and a wonderful granddaughter. In November of 2009, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and passed away in November of 2010. This poem is our love story of our Forever and Always commitment to each other.
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