Analysis of Possession



eyes roll back
lips part slightly
soft moans come
short breaths loosed
steel thighs melt
nails dig in
possession?
small death?
or both?


Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Poetic Form Nonet (44%)
Metre 111 1110 111 111 111 110 010 11 11
Characters 135
Words 25
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on 2020

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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