Analysis of Bubble bath
stars do glitter hard and sharp
in black of night before daylight
headlights spear straight before
piercing not the shadows of houses passed
eyes are drawn to breaking light
to windows bright shining in the night
eyes cannot see through frosted glass
silhouettes to show a bathroom there
within my mind the thoughts do flow
of what visions lie there inside
what wonders might behold my eyes
it here I might within its hold
white porcelain filled with bubbles lite
twists of steam dancing in the air
a duck the floats on rolling waves
from wrinkled toes that wither there
glittering droplets of oily sheen
as a thousand jewels there do lie
on rounded flesh of pearly white
that slowly moves with languid ease
hearing song so softly sung
words of beauty so barely heard
seeking not to disturb the slumbering ones
sleeping so quietly within the home
curls of hair from moisture tight
glittering sparkles with droplets bright
conceals not what lies beneath
treasurers barely shown onto the sight
down ribbon black and dark of night
headlights do spear into the night
thoughts of wonder are within
as I do travel without the view
Scheme | XAXX AAXB XXXX ABXB XXAX XXXX AAXA AAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 0111011 11101 101011101 1111101 110110001 11011101 0111011 01110111 11101101 11010111 11110111 110011101 11110001 01011101 11011101 100101101 101010111 11011101 11011101 1011101 11101101 10110101001 1011000101 1111101 100101101 0111101 1001011001 11010111 1110101 1110101 111100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,147 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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