Analysis of Single-Handed
At the wooded pond nestled in the balsams
The one armed veteran sat
Feeling water transparent
And life within his fist
With a nod he beckoned me
To hold my hands together
Make a cup for this
Pinky length of tadpole
He captured single-handed
My hands,smaller,obeyed
Forming flesh and finger cavern
Without his tail, he soon becomes...
A frog waiting for a princess?
He moved his sleeve in nodding
The limb's the price of princedom
Set him free to wait in warts
For healing lips completeness.
And you...
Feel your vacant space each night
Then pray for your fairy princess
| Scheme | ABCDEFAGHBIAAJEAAKLA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010110001 0111001 1010010 010111 1011101 1111010 10111 10111 1101010 11 10101010 01111101 01101010 1111010 010111 1111101 1101010 01 1110111 11111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 550 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 457 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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