Analysis of Love Beyond Legends
I love you as Hades loved Persephone,
And as Orpheus loved Eurydice.
I love you as Athena loves wisdom,
And Sisyphus loved trickery.
I love you as Odysseus loved Penelope,
And as Menelaus loved Helen.
I love you as Posiedon loves the sea,
And as Tantalus loved hubris.
I love you as Patroclus loved Achilles,
And as Pyramus loved Thisbe.
I love you as Ares loves war,
And as Narcissus loved himself.
I love you as a mortal loves another,
I love you as no other being alive.
| Scheme | AB XC CA BB BX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 0110011 1111010110 011100 1111010010100 011110 11111101 01100110 111111010 01111 1111111 01010101 11110101010 11111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
This poem expresses deep and varied forms of love by comparing the speaker’s feelings to famous mythological relationships. From Hades and Persephone to Narcissus' self-love, the poem highlights different aspects of devotion. It concludes by asserting that the speaker’s love is unique and unmatched, surpassing even the most legendary loves in its depth and intensity.
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