Analysis of Allure
Fortune, fame, fortitude reign,
But draw not the tame-spirited
From their lofty perch
As distinction never clouds the space
Claimed to trace the paths of attraction!
Calm, drawn subliminally over intervals,
Graced by desire and formed in fascination
Of ponderous depths!
A quality born of ancestral lingerings,
Buried sweetnesses,
Perceived prissiness,
Beauty of a privet and convergence
Of shades, shadows, textures
Becomes an almost civet-scented incantation.
c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
Scheme | XXXAB XBX AAAXXB X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 101101 11101100 11101 101010101 111011010 110100010100 11010010010 11001 0100110101 101 011 101010010 11110 011110100110 101011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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