Analysis of Feelings
Spike Milligan 1918 (Ahmednagar, India) – 2002 (Rye, United Kingdom)
There must be a wound!
No one can be this hurt and not bleed
How could she injure me so?
No marks
No bruise
Worse!
People say "My, you're looking well"
.....God help me!
She's mummified me-
ALIVE!
| Scheme | XX XXX XXAAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 11101 111111011 1111011 11 11 1 10111101 111 1101 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
It's about frustrations of love
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