Analysis of Anne Frank’s High Heels
Miep managed to snap them up for 27.50 guilders. Burgundy-colored suede and leather ...
— Anne Frank, Tuesday, August 10, 1943
When Miep took us home with her
She held us up in the air,
Eye-level with those eyes
You may know, eyes spelling
Sorrow-girl, wait-for-me,
Happiness-around-a-corner-
One-day, hurry-back, don’t-tell.
Two new hands took us in,
Skin cradling skin.
How empty we had been,
Only a little bit worn —
Not a penny, not a pebble
Dwelling within.
We became an altar,
An offering red as wine,
A wishing well.
She was made to carry us
Near and far,
We were made to bear
The pressure of her feet
In darkness, in light,
Their sweetness, their heat.
We were getting used to her.
Miep calls us a handsome pair.
Scheme | AX AB XX XA CD DD XX DA XC XX BE XE AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111110100101010 111010 1111110 1111001 110111 111110 101111 10001010 1110111 111110 11001 110111 1001011 10101010 1001 101110 1100111 0101 1111101 101 10111 010101 01001 11011 1010110 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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