Analysis of Atomic Kiss
Mila’s radiant smile lit up
the night sky like a
nuclear
blast and
helped
us
see
our
x-rayed
fingers through
leather gloves and skin
à la Día de los Muertos.
Luminescent calaveras
modestly color
ancestral
star treats
with
sugar
skulls
on
Aztec
altars as
marigold orange
as Mila’s sexy skeleton
Scheme | XXAXXBXAXXXB XAXXXAXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100111 01110 100 10 1 1 1 10 11 101 10101 110111 0100010 10010 010 11 1 10 1 1 1 101 1010 11010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 276 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
Words per line (avg) | 2 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
The poem explores the dark yet engaging side of a memorable kiss.
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Written on November 05, 2021
Submitted on November 05, 2021
Modified on March 26, 2023
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