Analysis of Heart Unbound
Wedded to a grownup dream,
betrothed to whom I sleep
My lover laced in shades of gray,
her shadow most discreet
Vows of heartache lost in time,
one chance to pledge again
to tend her garden—heart unbound,
and till her love unstemmed
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)
| Scheme | XXXA XXXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 11111 11010111 01101 111101 111101 11010101 01011 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 264 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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