Analysis of The Box

M. Wilson 1993 (St. Louis)



Distorted view
Of what I know is true

Life to myself
Keep the truth in a box
On my top closet shelf

Lock the door
Incinerate the key

No one here needs to see
That a once happy girl
Has turned into a woman like me


Scheme AA BXB XC CXC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 0101 111111 111 101001 111101 101 01001 111111 101101 110101011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 203
Words 46
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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