Analysis of Madame
She was often better
but never good
Her virtue tainted
misunderstood
Her nights a mystery
each day in shame
The rumors spreading
each one to blame
The men who knew her
that man who left
Impassioned bookends
of time bereft
She was often better
yet often worse
Each day repeating
—tomorrow’s curse
(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)
| Scheme | Abxb xcdc aexe Afdf x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 1101 01010 001 010100 1101 01010 1111 01110 1111 0101 1101 111010 1101 11010 011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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