Analysis of Skeltonic couplet – Accepting
Love forsaken
And heart broken
By she who’s just
For I in lust
Sought love’s pleasure
Through sex’s measure
From another.
So why bother?
Please do not halt
It is my fault,
You deserve best,
I failed the test,
I’m unworthy
So please, leave me.
| Scheme | AABBCCCCDDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 0110 1111 1101 1110 1110 1010 1110 1111 1111 1011 1101 1010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 271 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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