Analysis of Heart and Soul



Life is open.
Life is closed.
Life is forever in a song.
Music is in my blood and soul.
Where have you been?
The heart is open.
The heart is closed.
The song is in both heart and soul.


Scheme ABCDEABD
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 111 11010001 10101101 1111 01110 0111 01101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 184
Words 46
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 39

About this poem

I wrote it while attending a concert performance by Andrea Bocelli in Greenville, South Carolina with my wife.

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Written on February 15, 2024

Submitted by scieddie4_1 on February 27, 2024

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EDWARD P DONOVAN

I am fourth of ten children. Have been a science teacher/professor for fifty-five years. Have been married to the same women for almost 55 years. Have three adult children consisting of two boys and a girl. I have lived in New York, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Colorado and South Carolina. more…

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