Analysis of Particular



I never forgot to dress you;
It's just you were particular
about the feel of the cloth,
stating the simple annoyances.
You blamed me for decorating your
simple words. The hat you wore was
not as easy to pull off as it read
on the shiny label, recited to me in
common verse by your lips that never did know.
I knew this all too well.
You see, I never did forget to wrap you
in all of that precious warmth of
sensational memories. You were indecisive.
I gave you gloves to warm your hands.
Yet, the feel of throwing them around taught you
strength was easy to find. I tried to dress
you many times, but you were particular.
The rub of the cloth set you afire.
It was not easy to wear, but always kept
me warm to dress that way.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJAKLMANBOPQ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11001111 11100100 0101101 100100100 11111001 10101111 1110111111 101010010110 10111111011 111111 11110101111 01111011 010010010010 11111111 10111010111 1110111111 11011100100 011011101 1111011111 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 706
Words 143
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 564
Words per stanza (avg) 143
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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