Analysis of Debut
In the folds of this new weather
the soft, blond fur on your belly
comes out
traps a little wind,
plays in the salty tide at it's feet.
What brief joy wants me to run to you,
one child to another?
belly pressed forward,
little boy, summer.
| Scheme | AXXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00111110 01111110 11 10101 100101111 111111111 111010 10110 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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