Analysis of Fire III
I want
ropes
not
roses.
I want
teeth
marks
not
bruises.
I want
lipstick
smears
not
tear
streaks.
I want
fire,
passion,
love,
but I don’t
want to
get
burned.
| Scheme | AxBx AxxBx AxxBxx Axxxaxxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1 1 10 11 1 1 1 10 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 10 10 1 111 11 1 1 |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 5 |
| Words per line (avg) | 1 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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