Analysis of Not Sleeping On The Couch
Maroon leather couch
Big enough for two
Giggling, both towards the backrest
Our right hands' fingers casually intertwinned
You're shorter than me
but not much - it makes no difference on our left sides
Blanketbedspread ( mmmm spread ) ruffles covering
Skin on skin necks to heels
a left arm's greedy hand doesn't want to sleep
It wants to dream
It wants to touch
Admired much perfection
( that's what its called )
More giggling
Lithe posterior sachaying
Left and right fore and aft
Is up and down in this perspective
Left hand isn't the only thing that's greedy
And doesn't want to go to bed
Scheme | ABCCDEFGHIJKLFFMNDO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 10111 10010101 10111010001 11011 11111110011011 11110100 111111 01110110111 1111 1111 0101010 1111 1100 1101 101101 110101010 11100101110 01011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
About this poem
For Patricia Ann Roberts, my fiancé
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