Analysis of "velvet"
You have me spinning,
wrapped up in velvet twine.
I wake with you spending,
my time like fine wine.
My penny bank broke,
I smashed it against the wall,
books for a dream that spoke,
painted while you fall.
I shine your spotlight,
it's your jena se qua,
put in your mouth I might,
put my finger on.
Give me your holler,
I'm spinning, "my Lady,"
to sell for a dollar,
velvet laid shady.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX FGFG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11110 110101 111110 11111 11011 1110101 110111 10111 1111 111011 101111 11101 11110 110110 111010 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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