Analysis of Love Distorts Our Senses
Love distorts our senses in peculiar ways.
Love places our discernment in a misty haze.
Sight becomes exquisite: ravishing beauty.
Sight becomes a vaporous, rarefied cutie.
Sound becomes euphony: diapason voice.
Sound becomes the melody of a heart-felt choice.
Smell becomes petrichor: "fragrance after rain."
Smell becomes gardenias distilling the brain.
Taste becomes delicious: tantalizing treats.
Taste becomes enjoyable, mouth-watering eats.
Touch becomes arousal: exciting desire.
Touch becomes titillation, setting lust on fire.
Love distorts our senses in curious ways.
Love places our common sense in a murky daze.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 101101000101 1101001000101 10110010010 101011001 10110011 101010010111 101110101 10101001001 1010101001 101010011001 101010010010 101010101110 101101001001 1101010100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 610 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on May 04, 2023
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