Analysis of Noses Know
The nose knows subtle scents of olfactory note.
It retains ten thousand smells
of everything afloat.
The nose knows subtle scents of flowering festoons.
It retains a vast bouquet
of redolent perfumes.
The nose knows subtle scents of delicious cuisines.
It retains appetent file
of gustatory scenes.
The nose knows subtle scents of petrichoric rains.
It retains chemistry
of climatic domains.
The nose knows subtle scents of body pheromones.
It retains an odor print
of erogenous zones.
The nose knows subtle scents of countless coteries.
It retains a hidden stream
of lifelong memories.
Scheme | ABA BXX CXC DXD EXE BXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101101001 1011101 11001 01110111001 1010101 110001 011101101001 10111 111 011101111 101100 101001 01110111010 1011101 111 0111011101 1010101 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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