Analysis of A Simile (Pirouette)
A simile saved me.
It jetted across sky
It dived the deepest sea
It climbed a mountain face
Only to rescue me.
Only to rescue me
A simile sang songs
And danced all night long.
When I was so burdened,
It took the weight from me.
Copyright © 2010 Leslie Alexis
| Scheme | axaxA Axxxa x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 110011 110101 110101 101101 101101 0111 01111 111110 110111 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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