Analysis of Her Features



Her skin is so translucent the sun can shine clear through.
Her veins show like a river of cornflower blue.

Her heart is so sensitive the zeal can make vast claim.
Her tears blaze like an image of eternal flame.

Her frame is so delicate the spine can sculpt no mass.
Her bones slice like a dagger of volcanic glass.

Her mind is so insightful the thought can loom in time.
Her words play like a refrain of initial rhyme.

Her shape is so alluring the form can flash dark night.
Her curves cast like a figure of exquisite light.

Her soul is so angelic the good can flush out wrong.
Her ways fix like a tonic of numerous strong.

Her gait is so feminine the stride can rouse a chase.
Her moves track like a lady of elegant grace.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 0111010011111 01110101101 0111100011111 011111010101 0111100011111 011101010101 011110011101 011100110101 0111010011111 011101011001 011110011111 011101011001 0111100011101 011101011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 711
Words 140
Sentences 14
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on April 09, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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