Analysis of PUZZLES
I am trying to remember the hours.
They come quickly, one after another.
Young faces with mangled bodies torn beyond recognition,
A puzzle of shredded flesh with pieces missing.
Why have they vanished? Where have they gone?
How can I put the likeness back together again?
The shower feels good against my aching flesh,
I must be careful no pieces are washed away.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010010 1110110010 11011010101010 010110111010 111101111 1111010101001 01011011101 111101101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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HONOURING A VIETNAM NURSE
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