Imitation #2 1960s: Percy Sledge, Take Time to Know Her

"Take Time To Know Her" by Percy Sledge

I found a womanI felt a true in loveShe was every thingI'd ever been dreaming of
But she was bad, I didn't know itHer pretty smile never did show itAll I knew is what I could seeAnd I knew I wanted her for me
This song is about a man bringing a woman home to meet his mother, with the intention to marry her. His mother, and later, priest told him not to rush into getting married. He did not take this advise and his partner turned out to be a cheater. 

In the first stanza, there are no obvious end rhymes. Instead, the first two lines both start with an “I” and “F” sound. This repletion helps create rhythm. Also, in the second line of the first stanza an “A” in placed in front of “true” to give the line an extra beat. The reason for this extra beat is to make the rhythm of the first and second line to be the same, since they have a six foot meter. Even when there is not an obvious end rhyme in the first stanza, a rhythm is created through repetition of sounds and beats.

The second stanza has a simple end rhyme of AABB. The second stanza also borrows from the first stanza in it's style, as it repeats the first two sounds of the last two lines. The last two lines in the second stanza both begin with “All I”. This creates a rhythm when the reader (or singer) has to repeat the same sound over.

The tone of the poem is an educational one. The listener is exposed to the singer’s mistake of falling into love too fast, and marrying someone he does not know. It is also has a cautioning tone, as it warns the listeners not to do the same as the singer has.