Analysis of L-Lee
you were on the carpet
smelling of
your family's
wild sad history
that wilting light blue dress
you wore
a fake summer patch
across your waist
spilling around
us
I noticed your eyes
now a strange green
entering me
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 101 1100 11100 110111 11 01101 0111 1001 1 11011 1011 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
Something I just remembered
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted by wp.wessels70 on May 11, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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