Analysis of Without Melting In Your Hands (Bussokusekika)
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Without Melting In Your Hands (Bussokusekika)
I’ll spit in your mouth
If you’ll return the favor
Oh sweet saliva
There is something intimate
Like when I’d melt in your mouth
Without melting in your hands
Edwin Tanguma Aka Dagesh 5/11/2024
| Scheme | X AXXXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01100111 11011 1101010 11010 1110100 1111011 0110011 10010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 254 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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