Analysis of Slipping Away
No interest in the lover
nor for the poet at all
you no longer see the man
who stands beyond your wall
no song to sing in harmony
no lyrics both recall
no need to understand
the boy, the man, at all
| Scheme | ABCBDBEB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100010 1101011 1110101 110111 11110100 11011 11101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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when love's ember fades
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