Analysis of Blank Page



naked paper
i cover you with my
small hand and frantic scribblings
eager to clothe you with my inkblots and
cluttered thoughts
but as i review your new apparel
i start to wonder if you looked
better bare


Scheme ABCDCEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 110111 110101 101111110 101 111111010 11110111 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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