Analysis of Desire
I don’t want your FaceTime
birthday wish. I want
the cool touch of naked
thighs around my hips;
baby-soft kisses
tattooed on my neck;
silk brush of breath
across closed eyes
like the omnipresent calm
before unimaginable
thunder and lightning erupt
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHAIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 1111 011110 10111 10110 01111 1111 0111 100101 0101000 1001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
I just had a birthday and enjoyed my children's Facetime from other cities wishing me a happy birthday, but there's a significant other I didn't want to just FaceTime for birthday wishes.
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