Analysis of Dusk in time

Dave Collins 1953 (Springfield)

Free verse
Thinking of you
everything you say
how we feel
sleep next to me
at ease

Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Lanturne  (60%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Tanka  (20%)
Metre 1011 1011 111 1111 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 67
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

Intimacy, love and simple togetherness can be expressed in many non sexual ways. Holding, caressing one another can be just as titillating.

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Written on August 06, 2021

Submitted by klaatu on August 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dave Collins

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