Analysis of For Melissa On Her Birthday
A fair wind blows
into my soul
—its breath to steal my heart
In verses only
you can sing
—of love to never part
(Your Father, May 2nd, 2016)
Scheme | XXA XXA A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 0111 111111 01010 111 111101 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 148 |
Words | 29 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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