Analysis of Wet Orchids

Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)



Her lips are like
wet orchids, dressed in
the spring rain,
waiting to be
kissed and
caressed.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 11010 011 1011 10 01
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 88
Words 17
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by thomasc.35413 on March 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas W. Case

Born in Oxnard California, currently living in Iowa. Published two books of poetry and hundreds of individual poems in anthologies all over the world. more…

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