Analysis of a choir of angels
Driving by your house
2nd to last on the left of dead end street
I serve my heart up hearty
at the dinner table
for you to eat
Midnight comes and goes by
Bloated starlight fills the smoggy sky
you and I
share cigarettes
and cookie cutter
lovers' lies
I ask you in the other room
I'm not prepared
I don't assume
such animalistic magnetism
such a passion-driven
organism
You taste like jolly ranchers
on your lips and on your nipples
Come at me with lengthy claws
and kiss me 'til I'm crippled
soft skin and curves that could kill a man
good thing I'm not the sort
if you talk nicely, he'll treat you better
take you to the lagoon
the last resort
legs up in the air
hail mary full of grace
I look up from my meal
with blood all over my face
lap and lap and lap and lap
at last she's comes
here comes the blast
I love it when you sing for me
soprano angel
grab your feet
Scheme | XABCA DDDXEX FXFGXG XXXX XHEXH XIXI XXXBCA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1111011111 1111110 101010 1111 11011 10110101 101 101 01010 101 11100101 1101 1101 11100 101010 100 1111010 11101110 1111101 0111110 110111101 111101 1111011110 111001 0101 11001 110111 111111 1111011 1010101 1111 1101 11111111 01010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 832 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on April 27, 2023
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