Analysis of Innocent Death



Dewy lips
catch a snowflake
as it falls
whisper soft

An icy blink
upon the  tongue
and then the heat returns
as from within the furnace burns

It's crystal death
goes unknown
except for the knowing smile
that stole it's life
and took it's form
when it had been
just barely born

Lips part and await
for another
to seal it's fate
Ah, such fun
this winter's day


Scheme XXXX XXAA XXXXXXX BXBXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (65%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 101 101 111 101 1101 0101 010101 11010101 1101 101 0110101 1111 0111 1111 1101 11001 1010 1111 111 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 378
Words 73
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 7, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 12, 2017

Modified on March 14, 2023

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