Analysis of Sandy

Mathew L. Hunt 1973 (Los Alamitos, CA)



She possesses skin so fair,
Its beauty is beyond compare.
Her hair falls gracefully undone.
It lays glistening in the sun.

Her smile could light a fire
In my heart, passion and desire
That would burn red hot.
This, though I know her not.

So genuine and young is she,
Men swarm to her like bees,
Yet in their haste, miss the honey
For which I am eternally hungry.

I yearn to know her as a woman
In a way no other can,
With a delicate caress or touch
Born of an affection for her love.

I must be gentle as a breeze
To avoid the sting of a bee.


Scheme AABB CCDD EFEE BXXX FE
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 11010101 01110001 11100001 0111010 011100010 11111 111101 11000111 111011 10111010 1111010010 111101010 0011101 101000111 111010101 11110101 10101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 545
Words 125
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

Written years ago when I was in graduate school.

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Written on 1999

Submitted by mathewhunt on May 11, 2024

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