Analysis of Slow
Kevin Harrison 1961 (Harlem)
Fat, slow, is the way to go.
Take time
To count the freckles on your breast.
The warmth of your quiet snore.
Blessing the heat of your thin nightdress
Against your rump
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 11 11010111 0111101 10011111 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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The world hastens us
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