Analysis of Honey



Golden-yellow, silky smooth skin
the color of honey begs me for a taste.
I mustn’t forget, the last time I came to
her seeking sweetness,
I was stung.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Lanturne  (20%)
Metre 10101011 01011011101 1101011111 01010 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 152
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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