Analysis of His Wishing Well
Always drawn to stronger women,
in a cerebral kind of way
He missed the charm of a softer maiden,
the joy her flowers splayed
He married a woman just like him,
who made life a living hell
To die while dreaming of that one sweet lass,
her heart—his wishing well
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
Scheme | AB AX XC XC B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 00100111 1101101010 010101 110010111 1110101 1111011111 011101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 299 |
Words | 54 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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