Analysis of As I Flee In Disguise



The words came together,
and stretched on the frame

Their meaning spilled over,
as paint in the drain

The canvas so porous,
the easel divine

The curtains blew outward,
faces calling in mime

The streets all a-chatter,
it was Paris in spring

And striving to look busy,
the most important of things

Looking up at my window,
above the tannery so high

A shadow stared back,
—as I flee in disguise

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)


Scheme AX AX XX XX AX XX XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 011010 01101 110110 11001 010110 01001 010110 101001 011010 111001 0101110 0101011 1011110 010111 0111 111001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 414
Words 75
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 17, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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