Analysis of "sweet red" a poem in free verse #23



Sweet red,
have thou been tasting lips,
tied to the haste of thine eyes?
Tell of the trips,
on shivered types,
of rivers white,
that blend of thou,
thy sweet red.
Sun thou cares of thy head,
in thou pious shine,
that bled,
from thy sweet red.

Thy sweet red,
has overthrown,
with thou grace,
on her seas,
undertow,
of which her face,
in thou fleeced,
sweet red,
that flows,
to the quiver,
of thy head,
in thou throws,
to catch thy shiver,

Thy sweet red,
thine eyes hath reminisce,
for thou walk,
sweet red stains,
golden globes,
of thou steps,
that touched,
thou fingers wept.


Scheme AbxbxxxAaxaa AxcxxcxAdeade Axxxxxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 11 111101 1101111 1101 1101 1101 1111 111 111111 01101 11 1111 111 101 111 101 10 1101 011 11 11 1010 111 011 11110 111 11101 111 111 101 111 11 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 543
Words 106
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 12, 13, 8
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Steven Louis Chapman

Steven was adopted, his biological father was an English professor who had an affair with a student. Writing poetry is an outlet for his expression of love. A hopeless romantic in search of his soul mate. (it changes from now and then) He hopes to capture the girl of his dreams through poetry. Visit my blog at http://thedailypoetrss.blogspot.com/ for the latest up to date poems. more…

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