Analysis of Soul's Surmount



My quenching heart does wholly yearn tight grasping,

With brazen lust, my soul surmounts thy figure,

I fully drenched in fervid sweat whilst gasping,

As passion’s peak mounts, endless dreams of vigor.


Scheme A B A B
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101110 1101111110 11010101110 11011101110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 205
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Written on May 27, 2023

Submitted by Hardenburg on May 27, 2023

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