Analysis of Slow Drain
A lecherous vampire hides beneath succulent seducer,
draining me of every morality,
right and wrong fuse,
molding beyond recognition,
you bedded me and left me bare,
betrayed both love and body,
I feel as if in an empty shell,
unlucky to feel at all.
| Scheme | ABCDEBFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010101100010 10111000100 1011 1001010 11010111 0111010 111101101 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 243 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on March 20, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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