Analysis of Loss of Innocence
Cassandra Shannon 1972 (Kingston)
THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE
Charisma, Charm, so hot the air sizzles
His eye catches mine and my nipples
stand at attention
This must be it, love, at first sight
He kisses me and I am wet, hot, tight
Deep is our connection
Sweet is the penetration born from our mutual attraction
But sweet treats, bitter on the inside are the only kind offered by the dark one
We speak the same language
We talk, our lips, our mouths, our hips, our thighs
So busy talking we miss everything lost in translation
We talk and are taken to new highs
What goes up must come down, and I come down to find
The fruits of our passion suckling on the breast of my once firm dreams
Stretching them beyond recognition
and I wonder how we got here
Suddenly I realize with all the moans and soft cries
I had no map for the road my life was to take
I was on autopilot and I took the scenic route
Now instead of a field of roses, I rise from a bed of fleas
and all my pleas for redemption, salvation are pointless
Scheme | A AXBCCBBB XDBDXXBX DXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011100 010111011 111010110 11010 11111111 1101011111 1110010 1100101110100010 11110100110101101011 110110 11101101101101 11010111010010 110110111 111111011111 01110101010111111 10101010 01101111 1001101101011 111110111111 1111000110101 1011011101110111 01111010010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 953 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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