Analysis of Making Love To The Muse
She followed me downward,
her lips were on fire
From the depths of her lake,
every wish she inspired
Water everywhere,
lily pads on end
A frog left unkissed,
the price of pretend
She looked at me sadly,
the bottom came soon
My arms reached out madly,
to drown or to swoon
Her voice calling gently,
my spirit renamed
As my soul she undressed,
—inside her again
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
| Scheme | AX XA XB AB CD CD CX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 010110 101101 10011010 1010 10111 0111 01101 111110 01011 111110 11111 011010 11001 111101 01001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 401 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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