Analysis of Longing For Love
Neither the issue nor the sire,
neither fulfilment nor desire
am I for anyone,
am I for anyone.
I am as all men, the sunless sea,
the alien thule, mystery,
a fleeing wisp of light,
a fleeing wisp of light.
But I must look for friends and brothers;
I want to show myself to others
that seeing they will see,
that seeing they will see.
For this my lyric masochism;
I long to close the gaping schism,
and thus belong somewhere,
and thus belong somewhere.
| Scheme | aaBBccDDeeCCffGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101010 1011010 11110 11110 11111011 01001100 010111 010111 111111010 11111110 110111 110111 111101000 111101010 01011 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 447 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 351 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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