Analysis of Carnal Madness
The prostrate lizard,
hated savior,
crawls the crooked road to the city
Figures, sinking with the light,
bending your prayers
—watching the sun
Light retreats
as shadows leave,
emptying space for a new awareness
Its carnal madness
telling again and again
—how far you’ve come
(West Philadelphia: December, 1972)
| Scheme | XAX XXX XXB BXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010 1010 101011010 1010101 1011 1001 101 111 1001101010 11010 1001001 1111 10100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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