Analysis of LESS IDYLL
Siphosethu Tonjeni 2000 (Port elizabeth)
VOICES IN MY HEAD SCREAM AT ME
AM I NOT WORTHY
AM I SHAMELESS,
I SAW HER WALK OUT YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT NOTICE MY EMOTIONS ROSE TO THE PIT OF MY STOMACH
SO SAD HOW THESE MEMORIES ARE STILL ETCHED IN MY MIND, PLAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN
EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES, I CAN STILL FEEL HIS HOT BREATH AGAINST THE NAPE OF MY NECK NEAR MY EAR AS HE FED ME LIES
FUNNY HOW I USED TO GET BUTTERFLIES WITH JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU, THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE MADE MY HEART HOP WITH PALPITATIONS
OH
SWEET NECTAR REGARDLESS OF THE POISONOUS FRUIT;
STILL UNABLE TO DENY THAT YOU BOUGHT FLARE TO MY NIGHTS, A SMILE FROM YOU MADE MY DAY
YET A BITTERSWEET FEELING TAKES OVER
I'M ASHAMED ASHAMED
ASHAMED I EVER STOOD IN NAKED VULNERABILITY IN FRONT OF YOU
Scheme | AABCDEFGHIJKL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011111 11110 1110 11011110110101011011110 1111100111011101001001001 100111111111111010111111111111 1011111101101110111111111010 1 110010101001 101010111111110111111 101010110 10101 011101010001000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 586 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 147 |
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by Sipho.ethu6 on January 25, 2023
Modified on April 09, 2023
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