Analysis of The Rules
She waits.
His letter with His instructions in hand.
What to wear,
How to position herself.
No time given on His arrival,
But she is to wait
Exactly as He described.
Otherwise, the punishment severe.
All the time,
Her body burning with unknown
Anticipation.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1101101001 111 1101001 111011010 11111 0101101 10010001 101 01010101 0010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Written on August 24, 2022
Submitted by flisburns on December 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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