Analysis of Sleep II



I want to sleep with you, love.
I don’t mean to have sex.
I mean sleep, with you in my bed,
beneath the covers with the window
cracked ever so slightly,
just so the room is chilly and you
have to move even closer to me.
I want your head on my chest and
your legs wrapped around my own
like rogue vines that won’t let go.
I want you so close, I can smell your
jasmine perfume and see your eyes
crystal clear in the moonlight.
I want you so close I can feel your heart
beating against mine, the two jagged rhythms
like drums out of sync.
I want to sleep with you in total silence,
so I can hear the gentleness of your breath,
in contrast to your voice, so light it
sounds of tinkling bells.
I want you in sleepy, blissful silence.


Scheme ABCDEFEGHDIJKLMNOPQRO
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 111111 11111011 010101010 110110 110111001 111101011 11111110 1110111 1111111 111111111 10010111 101001 1111111111 1001101110 11111 11111101010 11110100111 010111111 111001 1110101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 732
Words 157
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 563
Words per stanza (avg) 146
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Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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