Analysis of Delicate



There is so much power
in the delicate touch
of your hands caressing
my own.

Yet, this power, a force
even stronger than gravity,
and softer than a feather
binds me
to you.


Scheme AXXX XBABX
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 001001 111010 11 111001 10101100 0101010 11 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 173
Words 36
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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