Analysis of Lady In Red
I'm looking in your shining eyes
As shiver's running through my spine.
No longer can I revel into luscious lies:
I thirst for you to be forever mine.
That fall weaves two hot bodies into one
Pouring them over with omnipresent cool.
Twilight has swallowed the evening sun
That slightly glows through the sky it fooled.
I'm getting closer to you with every breath,
Bury my face into your dark blond hair.
Sweet, strong perfume befuddles me like glass
Of whiskey, provokes birth of love affair.
Your collarbone feels my sliding palm
Caressing every centimeter of your skin.
The flaming lips are getting almost dumb –
They chain together as a solid ring.
Mine sink in yours, so soft and mellow.
The tips of our tongues reach gentle touch.
Your arm entwines my throat while its fellow
Gropes for my tangled hair; no eyes to watch.
We're almost frozen on the deserted street.
Gloomy New York brings down the rain
Upon our heads slowing such loud heartbeat,
Chilling bloodstream in burning veins.
I am inhaling you, taking some wishful sips
From depthless bowl of love potion we shed.
Moving with curved trajectory, our wild lips
Tell story of the fleshless essence – lady in red.
Someday she met us with the open arms.
Her presence that I couldn't so long confess,
But finally got utterly defeated by the charms –
We're cloaked in the train of crimson dress.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD XXXX EXEX FXFX GHGH IJIJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11001101 1110111 110111001101 1111110101 1111110011 1011010101 11100101 110110111 110101111001 1011011111 1101010111 1100111101 11011101 010100100111 010111011 1101010101 110111010 0111011101 111111110 1111011111 1110100101 10111101 0110110111 1010101 110101101101 111111011 101101001011 110101101001 111110101 01011101101 11001100010101 110011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,327 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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