Analysis of Simply
Can you and I always be touching?
I mean even times when we're
Buried in the couch and
Reading separate books, totally engrossed.
Can we remain yet in contact
Somehow, like our legs slowly rubbing
Up against one another's
And our toes can be touching?
And when we sit and smile someday
In green vinyl lawn chairs
At the beach, wearing UV-blocking sunglasses,
Deaf to the monotonous ocean crashing.
Our hands, you know, might start digging
Through the sand and tunnel together,
One last give and we'll break through.
We could be touching, then
Keep your hand there, OK?
No thought makes me happier
Than sandy fingers clasping in the cool damp.
Scheme | AXXXXAXA BXXAACXXB CX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011110 1110111 100010 1010110001 1101101 111011010 1011010 01011110 0111011 011011 1011011010 11001001010 101111110 101010010 1110111 111101 111111 1111100 1101010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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