Analysis of Sky Foam

Tiffany and Kassandra 1984 (Brooklyn)



To look at night
be it not such a sight
for my eyes have seen
a true color of green

I walk in the cold
Not to be so bold
Trying to behold
A color so gold

Taming my mind
Leaving behind
the colors I love
The size of a dime


Scheme AABB CCCC DDXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1111 111101 11111 011011 11001 11111 10101 01011 1011 1001 01011 01101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 212
Words 51
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on March 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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