Analysis of mass of self
each hair dances
upon my arms
wind gently loves my body—
my skin
when wading
while waiting
water waves wildly
it crashes
my island—
flooded
my miniature mass of self
of flesh—
trembling
my earth quakes
along no fault line
the fault is my own—
my glory
| Scheme | XXAX BBA XXX XXB XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 0111 1101110 11 110 110 10110 110 110 10 1100111 11 100 111 01111 01111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Written on January 20, 2002
Submitted by RWHoyt on April 25, 2023
Modified on April 27, 2023
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