Analysis of Bathroom Floor
Atop you they lay
these hands, these limbs, these feet
a sluggish meat
is wasting away
your chill, your stiffness sleeps
Against you they stay
this neck, this back, these cheeks
eyes that speak
with nothing to say
and no known beat to keep
| Scheme | ABBAX AXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01111 111111 0101 11001 111101 01111 111111 111 11011 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 10, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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