Analysis of The Influence Of Lust
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
With padded feet from out his own dark den
Comes smiling Lust, once fair and hard to
please,
But now long overworked with dabbling men,
Who cry, 'We've tasted this and tired of these.'
Pausing in doubt, suspecting some defence,
He stares with eyes blue-lidded, at the Shape,
Then stooping, whispers low of innocence,
Of waiting chastity and sweetest rape.
With hairless hands awave, lisps reeking tales
'Mid smothered sighs, acquivering the while
he sees a horrored frown and fears he fails,
But smiling much whene'er he sees a smile.
Then pressing, 'Flesh is this, they needed food,'
And, 'Flesh is warmest in its stolen blood.'
Scheme | ABCACDEFEGHGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 1101111111 110111011 1 1110111001 11110101011 1001010101 111111101 1101011100 1101000101 110111101 1101101 110110111 110111101 1101111101 0111001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 623 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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