Analysis of My Raven of Desire
Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)
Your raven hair drapes
my bronzed back.
I attack your neck and
breasts, beamed by the
moonlight, I carry you to
Nirvana on a chariot made
of steel.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 111 101110 1110 111011 010101001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on August 29, 2023
Submitted by thomasc.35413 on August 29, 2023
Modified by thomasc.35413 on August 29, 2023
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