Analysis of cupid's lost arrow



his hand pressed on my cheek, warm
i closed my eyes and let the feeling flow

oh how i wish he were mine

now his hand is no longer there, cold
cupid must’ve run out of arrows

oh how i wish he were mine


Scheme xx A xx A
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1111010101 1111101 111111011 10111110 1111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 205
Words 47
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Written on 2021

Submitted by nina59 on February 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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