Analysis of I was Painting You
Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)
I know they look like sunrises and sunsets, but I was painting you.
When I painted all the rivers that lead to the oceans, and the glorious starry nights, and the flowers; the sublime orchids and the tender roses.
In the end
and from the beginning,
I was painting you.
I know they look like sunrises and sunsets, but I was painting you.
When I painted all the rivers that lead to the oceans, and the glorious starry nights, and the flowers; the sublime orchids and the tender roses.
In the end
and from the beginning,
I was painting you
| Scheme | ABCDAABCDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11111101111101 1110101011101000100101001000110001010 001 010010 11101 11111101111101 1110101011101000100101001000110001010 001 010010 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 527 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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