Analysis of 03:59
I am ravishing in rubble,
screaming the house down,
as you kiss me,
before your very eyes,
and you nod in approval,
tucking me in,
under the beams,
of my bedroom sky,
with quiet concern,
for the snide neighbours.
Scheme | A X X B A X X X X B |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 11100010 10011 1111 011101 0110010 1010 1001 1111 11001 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 286 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 16 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted on March 14, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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