Analysis of My Mortality
Smell of musk velvet skin
warm pulse blood within.
Startled mole on
nape of neck,
ivory pillar,
moon of breast.
Dusky cloud of ebony hair,
teeth enslaved in moistened lair.
Curtained lashes arch of brow,
ebbing heart - seat of soul.
Living lens mortal sight,
mirrored orb in salt of life.
Cryptic thoughts in mystic mind -
rotting flesh, left behind.
| Scheme | AA XXXX BBXXXX CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 11101 1011 111 10010 111 1111001 1010101 110111 101111 101101 1010111 1010101 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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