Analysis of Behind The Blind
She stood behind an open blind
in total nudity.
With risque pose she held a rose
for all the world to see.
A perfect ten among women
she was most ravishing.
With cunning wiles and lurid smiles
she could be lavishing.
Her flagrant mien some found obscene
around the village square.
As to withhold the moral code
she'd flaunt her body bare.
Though scandalous her recrudesce
has earned this scene renown.
Was it her pose or comely rose
that enchanted the town?
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD BEBE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011101 010100 1111101 110111 00110110 111100 11010101 111100 01011101 010101 11010101 110101 110001 111101 11011101 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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