Analysis of Victual
Voracious of victual not found
When distance lies between.
Separation's sorrow we have known,
We who meet so rarely,
United now in love
Cling to each other:
Implied, no more parting,
Lips locked, oh, fond embrace-
Bathed in the flames of passion.
| Scheme | X X X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111 110101 110111 111110 010101 11110 011110 111101 1001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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