Analysis of The Currency Of Love
Charles Edward York 1966 (Saigon, Vietnam)
The Currency Of Love
The currency of love is care
Exchanged between us
When a need is recognized
And receives benevolence
Real and tangible
Seen and felt
Touching a soul
Making a life matter.
Generosity is a necessity
Given as abundance
Regardless of resources
It is an act of the heart
A hand reaching out
An ear who listens
A voice speaking out
A willingness to help.
Love is not a convenience
It is sharing with no conditions
A commodity to spend
Whose value lies in doing
Words are wheels
Able to express
But the currency of love is
Meant to be paid between us.
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| Scheme | X XAXBXXXC XBDXEFEX BFXXXXDA XC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011 01001111 01011 101110 0010100 10100 101 1001 100110 0100100100 101010 0101100 1111101 01101 11110 01101 010011 1110010 111011010 0010011 1101010 111 10101 10100111 1111011 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 830 |
| Words | 157 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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The value of exchanging love and compassion
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