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 |
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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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