Analysis of Smokin'
blue-white clouds rise from the gasping tongue
drifting unnoticed above our heads, turned
to watch the sweet goddess passing by
"Smokin'!"
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110101 10010011011 110110101 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 135 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on February 13, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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