Analysis of Impetuous
Streaming and circulating,
the pulsing red you hide.
In the dark but never fading,
I fold your wings inside.
I swallow feathers one by one
and pull apart the key.
You write the deeds upon my skin,
embed them into me.
- Asher J. Bond
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100 010111 00111010 111101 11010111 010101 11010111 011011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 15, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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