Analysis of Pieces of you
J A Wright 1969 (Boston)
Pieces of you, fall instantly
on foreign ground reborn.
A name hangs heavy on my lips,
forever's hidden thorn.
I scavenge for your residue,
not worthy of the whole.
Your star, too brilliant, mystifies
As fire consumes my soul.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111100 110111 01110111 1101 1101110 110101 1111010 1100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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