Analysis of Protected



My name
In your mouth
Has never sounded sweeter
Or been made more safe
Than when your tongue wraps around it.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (80%)
Cinquain  (60%)
Lanturne  (60%)
Tanka  (20%)
Metre 11 011 1101010 11111 11111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 111
Words 22
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on May 07, 2022

Submitted by sad_therapist on May 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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