Analysis of Anna



Anna, I find you,
too often, too close,
spilling into my solidarity
on evenings alone
when nothing is wanted,
when thoughts are sweet indulgences,
and silence gives me pause,
to feel romantic regrets.  
Anna, you rush at me
In a hurry of slicing memories
I cannot soften with self-deception.
Anna, you broke
the reliable pattern of people.  
How disquieting: the not-knowing.
How do I resolve you?
I know myself:
the sum of misshapen parts.
Only you, my Anna,
my never-companion,
sit beside me still.  
When I study the lines of sky
And consider the shifting clouds
You rattle the calm of my closing.  


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111 11011 100110100 11001 110110 11110100 010111 1101001 101111 0010110100 1101011010 1011 0010010110 101000110 111011 111 0110101 101110 110010 10111 11100111 00100101 110011110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 611
Words 121
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 467
Words per stanza (avg) 103
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Written on November 05, 2023

Submitted by 11jen.helmer on November 05, 2023

Modified by 11jen.helmer on November 10, 2023

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