Analysis of Sonnet for an Angel
Tom Case 1967 (California)
If not for you where would I be today?
Most likely dead or on some distant shore.
Your love does not drift like the ocean waves.
It stays close to my heart, I can't ask for more.
Your skin So Soft like velvet on my tongue.
Your orchid, sublime, responds to every kiss.
To my ears your heart beats like a song.
If I never met you my life would be amiss.
But now we build the future bold and brave.
There is no fear when I am in your arms.
The booze is gone and I'm no longer a slave.
My soul is not in a state of alarm.
Your breath is like the wind on barren land.
your touch is like the warm summer sand
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHGIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111101 1101111101 1111110101 11111111111 1111110111 110010111001 111111101 111011111101 1111010101 1111111011 01110111001 1111001101 1111011101 111101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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Written on February 14, 2023
Submitted by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023
Modified by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023
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