Analysis of 3 Lust Poems
Lust is a tricky mistress,
dressing herself as love,
like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
A tricky mistress
Lust is, dressed herself as love.
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
Tricky mistress, lust,
dressing herself as love--a
wolf in sheep’s clothing.
| Scheme | abc abC xxC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 100111 1010110 01010 1110111 10110 10101 1001110 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on April 26, 2023
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