Analysis of Improvisations: Light And Snow: 06
Conrad Potter Aiken 1889 (Savannah, Georgia) – 1973 (Savannah, Georgia)
It is now two hours since I left you,
And the perfume of your hands is still on my hands.
And though since then
I have looked at the stars, walked in the cold blue streets,
And heard the dead leaves blowing over the ground
Under the trees,
I still remember the sound of your laughter.
How will it be, lady, when there is none left to remember you
Even as long as this?
Will the dust braid your hair?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGAHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1111101111 000111111111 0111 111101100111 01011101001 1001 11010011110 1111101111110101 101111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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