Analysis of My Heart is a White Dove
My heart is a white dove,
that flutters and frets.
Feathers ruffled by hands
after hands,
soothed by no one.
Tame me not.
My wings had been battered and bruised,
I have seen too many storms.
Scarred, scabbed
I perched.
Tired.
I surrender to life.
| Scheme | XXAAXB XXBXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 11001 101011 101 1111 111 11111001 1111101 11 11 10 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on October 17, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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