Analysis of Breeze at Sunset



Her blonde hair touched my face,
Yet she stood at arm’s pace.
For not her close stance,
But the breeze did dance
My Baby’s coiffure
To sudden allure.

The Sun has now left,
The beach is bereft,
Only our two souls
Among the vast rolls
Of waves so lovely
And sand so comely.

Feeling every strand
I reached with my hand
To follow her hair
To her face, I dare
To have her turn ‘round;
We fall to the ground.

The sand still so warm
Adopted our form;
Allowed us to sink
Below its white brink.
She then looked to see
How we were now free.

No one there to spy
On our love, so spry.
The breeze brought the mist
To cover our kiss.
Hands ever reaching,
Our lust ever breaching.


Scheme AABBCC DDEEFF GGCCHH IIJJFC XCXXKK
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 011111 111111 11011 10111 111 11001 01111 01101 101011 01011 11110 01110 101001 11111 11001 10111 11011 11101 01111 010101 01111 01111 11111 11011 11111 110111 01101 110101 11010 1011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 642
Words 132
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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