Analysis of 03:59



I am ravishing in rubble,

screaming the house down,

as you kiss me,

before your very eyes,

and you nod in approval,

tucking me in,

under the beams,

of my bedroom sky,

with quiet concern,

for the snide neighbours.


Scheme A X X B A X X X X B
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 11100010 10011 1111 011101 0110010 1010 1001 1111 11001 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 286
Words 58
Sentences 2
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 16
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted on March 14, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jennifer Juan

Jennifer Juan is a British poet and musical artist, whose works include "Home Wrecker", "Last Of The Greenwich Glamour Girls" and "Stormy Weather". more…

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