Analysis of I Love my Life, but not too well
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
I love my life, but not too well
To give it to thee like a flower,
So it may pleasure thee to dwell
Deep in its perfume but an hour.
I love my life, but not too well.
I love my life, but not too well
To sing it note by note away,
So to thy soul the song may tell
The beauty of the desolate day.
I love my life, but not too well.
I love my life, but not too well
To cast it like a cloak on thine,
Against the storms that sound and swell
Between thy lonely heart and mine.
I love my life, but not too well.
| Scheme | AbabA AcacA AdadA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111111 111111010 11110111 101011110 11111111 11111111 11111101 11110111 010101001 11111111 11111111 11110111 01011101 01110101 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 498 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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