Analysis of Cross My Heart



My heart,
Ripped apart,
Floating in
A puddle.
A cross
Each piece,
Nailed,
It bleeds.
Red
Mixing in the water.
Holy wine
Only knows pain.
Come get drunk
In love's name.


Scheme AABCDEFGHIJKLM
Poetic Form
Metre 11 101 100 010 01 11 1 11 1 100010 101 1011 111 011
Characters 171
Words 41
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on September 10, 2022

Submitted by zmajeed on September 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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