Analysis of You Played Me



Throughthe window of light
I entered corridor of your body
I saw everything full of light
Your breasts were temples
of light
Saints were meditating in a place
below your navel
I felt myselfin the
ocean of light
And you played me
with your waves.


Scheme ABACADEFABG
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1101001110 1110111 11010 11 10100001 01110 1110 1011 0111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 244
Words 47
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 14, 2023

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