Analysis of Moths Kiss
A moths kiss
A knowing smile
is what he gave you
a promise
as light as a moths kiss
the promise of a kiss
drew you in
the dark of the moths wing
a shadow of the sun
the sun with its promise
of dances and wine
of smiles and warmth
friendship and touch
so you opened your heart
and your arms
for the whisper of a promise
a future yet to come
A moth is of the night
no shining promise here
as he gently lands
upon likely ground
to sip on the nectar
of the allure
of the light
shining in a flowers gaze
there are many flowers here
as you sway to catch his eye
pick me
I am what you are looking for
but the moth will not stay
gone in the morning light
the promise of a kiss
as light as the dark of the night
Scheme | a xxba Axxx bxxx xxbx cdxx excx dxxe xcAc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 0101 11111 010 111011 010101 110 011011 01101 011110 11001 1101 1001 111011 011 10101010 010111 011101 110101 11101 01101 111010 1001 101 1000101 1110101 1111111 11 11111101 101111 100101 010101 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on April 01, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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