Analysis of Legs of pearls
Odete Oliveira 1977 (United States)
Hair that locks into velvet curls
Slender hips that meet legs of pearls
Perfect teeth without a shot of an excuse
Permanent inner authority willpower
Expression of courage from bud to flower
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| Scheme | AABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Sestet |
| Metre | 11101101 10111111 01101011101 10010010010 01011011110 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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