Analysis of Eileen
leans on the railing
feeling the ferry
churning from Manhattan
turtling through the bay
away from cinematic's
phosphorescent sparkles:
girl meets boy,
feels the gripping
hand of Kong,
swoons in biplane
fatal combat
relief, remorse
philosophy:
beauty killed the beast.
Closing credits
rolling away
in memories wake.
Bright lit buildings dim
moonlight rides the waves
like moments on a silvered screen
| Scheme | ABCDEEFAGHIEBJEDKLEM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (45%) |
| Metre | 11010 10010 101010 1101 0111 110 111 1010 111 101 1010 0101 0100 10101 1010 1001 01001 11101 1101 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 380 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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