Analysis of The Secret
JP. 1948 (United Kingdom)
One kiss from you is all I need
A sign the blindest might just read
My shard of heaven snatched from time
That returned gift so clandestine
In truth I cannot walk away
Until your kisses come to stay
Through parted hair upon my neck
I know it’s you, no need to check
Once planted there all will is swayed
Electrified a tingle delayed
A feeling that I can’t describe
To one more kiss I will subscribe
It spreads as wildfire in my head
With inhibition freely shed
This kiss that came complete surprise
I will not, cannot compromise
And now we share this secret touch
A contact wanted very much
But not to see where it had been
Yet know for sure what it might mean
In wait you lie to catch again
That nape to kiss to drive insane
As secretly I bide with care
To crave the hand that lifts my hair
Scheme | XAXB CCDD EEFF AAGG HHBX XXII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11111111 0101111 11110111 10111010 01110101 01110111 11010111 11111111 11011111 01001001 01011101 11111101 11110011 1010101 11110101 1111010 01111101 0110101 11111111 11111111 01111101 11111101 11001111 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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