Analysis of Ink
My heart is a purple eggplant
It sits deep and dark
Pulsating like a dream you can hold in your hand
Smooth, warm, and whispering
Look deep enough and you can see
My blood is streaked with ribbons of lime and patchouli
And the purest black ink
And if you look even deeper
When the sun hits me in just the right way . . .
I am completely transparent
And devoid of all that is tangible and able to be contained
For that moment
Even if you can't hold me
I can hold you
A heartbeat later I am whole and solid
My thoughts now opaque
Already the memory is only wisps of song
Kissing my ears and encircling my head
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKJELMNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11101 10101111011 110100 11010111 11111101101 001011 01111010 1011101011 11010010 00111111000101101 1110 1011111 1111 0110111010 11101 0100100110111 10110010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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