Analysis of Biscuit Of The Day
On the morning they left
we said goodbye
filled with sadness
for the absence to come.
Inside the palanquins
on the camels' backs
I saw their faces beautiful as moons
behind veils of golden cloth.
Beneath the veils
tears crept like scorpions
over the fragrant roses
of their cheeks.
These scorpions do not harm
the cheek they mark.
They save their sting
for the heart of the sorrowful lover.
| Scheme | XXAX AXXX XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 111 1110 101011 0101 10101 1111010011 0111101 0101 111100 1001010 111 1100111 0111 1111 1011010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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