Analysis of Stare
E.S. Conway 1985 (United Kingdom)
A look can be a powerful thing,
No words per se, but still a sting.
The eyes bore in, contempt is clear
A million slurs told in a sneer.
A look can have destructive ends,
At least when you bleed, your body mends,
The mind may not, the scars run deep,
From a hateful glance that steals your sleep.
A glare will stay, a stare will last,
Sending echoes of a hate filled past,
From looks that burn and looks that scar,
To the looks that dragged me down this far
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011101001 11111101 01100111 01011001 01110101 111111101 01110111 101011111 01110111 101010111 11110111 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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