Analysis of Stay
I think about you in the quiet of the darkness
as I turn and force portions of my familiar breath out
I am restless
Impatient of all that I am not
and more so, of all that I am really about
Taking careful notes and impressions
Of your all your soft coverings and other unyielding parts
Thinking about the last movement between us
The vines, the uproar, and fierceness of our two hearts
But mostly the way in which you are always so good...
at just the impression of being
My body lies motionless and so often, authentically terrified
from all the immeasurable ways in which you choose to love me
Carefully noticing the air and detangling all my doubts of degree
As I struggle to waken
The morning clouds are billowing with messages to give
Feet on the floor, your humanity waits to keep me captive again
And as I feel the rush pass through me
I know now that I will not come apart
Feet on the floor
I reach out to you with no questions or unease
Moving straight for you
I uncover and stay
My skin
Your hands
Effortless...
Do you think about me in the quiet of the darkness?
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Metre | 1101100101010 11101101101011 1110 010111111 011111111001 101010010 111111000100101 10010110011 01010111011 110010111111 110010110 1101100011010010 110010010111111 1001000101111101 1110110 01011100110011 11011010011111001 011101111 1111111101 1101 111111110101 10111 101001 11 11 100 11101100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,047 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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