Analysis of Luchadora



She rolls her eyes and shares her sunrise smile,
remaining poised with her hands in her hair
like classical sculpture in the style
of a master artisan who, with care,
renders the perfect form imbued with grace.
I think this, when she poses; she never
believes. No Cassandra, love . . . with her face,
sweetly tempting shape, she is forever
my Helen. Her every movement holds me fast,
awestruck, paralyzed in adoration,
praying that our study will always last,
envying that man her love's expression.
Ah, how willingly I would play Paris
to his comfortable Menelaos.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGC
Poetic Form
Metre 110101011 0101101001 110010001 1010100111 1000110111 1111110110 0110101101 1010111010 110010010111 1100010 1011010111 11101010 1110011110 1110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 552
Words 94
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 447
Words per stanza (avg) 97
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 24, 2023

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