Analysis of Flirtation
Claude McKay 1889 (Clarendon Parish) – 1948 (Chicago)
UPON thy purple mat thy body bare
Is fine and limber like a tender tree.
The motion of thy supple form is rare,
Like a lithe panther lolling languidly,
Toying and turning slowly in her lair.
Oh, I would never ask for more of thee,
Thou art so clean in passion and so fair.
Enough! if thou wilt ask no more of me!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011101 1101010101 0101110111 10110101 1001010001 1111011111 1111010011 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 320 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 241 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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