Analysis of Saša Milivojev - THE RAT

Saša Milivojev 1986 (Serbia)



We met at the staircase
It looked at me
I looked at it
It was thinking
I was thinking
It smiled
I smiled
Then I took it in my hands
And stroked it


Scheme ABCDDEEFC
Poetic Form Nonet (22%)
Metre 11101 1111 1111 1110 1110 11 11 1111011 011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 154
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Saša Milivojev

Saša Milivojev is a famous writer, poet, journalist columnist and political analyst... One of the most read columnists in Serbia, he is the author of five books, and numerous columns published in various daily newspapers. He is the author of the novel “The Boy from the Yellow House” and of political speeches. His work has been translated into around twenty languages across the world. more…

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