Analysis of Palm Reading
the lines on her hand
hallmarks from a past
entertain her mystery.
love lines scattered
intertwine like life.
neat fine lines indented
end at differing points
stitch-like, crisscrossing
over her soft palm, like
narrow roads on a map.
her hand stretches open
entwined by the Reader.
red nails trace the lines
"history repeats" she says
"another will take his place"
neat fine lines indented
draw the reader in ........
| Scheme | axx xxAxx xx xxx xxAx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 1101 010100 1110 00111 1111 111001 1110 100111 101101 011010 011010 11101 1000111 0101111 1111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 421 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 2, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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