Analysis of Cold Shoulders
He turns away from me
his naked back like a fortress
which I dare not enter.
My eyes, my mind, like silent missiles
try to penetrate and crumble
the thick walls of his shoulders.
I close my eyes---I retreat.
There will be no conflict tonight;
no war will be won
great or small.
Similarly, none will be lost.
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 11011010 111110 111111010 1110010 0111110 1111101 11111001 11111 111 10001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 297 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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