Analysis of Subject to Desire
Subject to desire I appease
The affection decay cannot claim
The eye of a mortal sees nothing
When his failed vision is stained-
By the sweet words and haphazard longings
By winds and the chalice of time
With a kiss that Fortune calls malice
Though, the heart calls it kind
It resounds on the temporal discord
Bands with the cold of the North
Fleeing the keep of the kingdom
Whose forces are battling forth
They claim that skill is a virtue
They raze my heart on a stage
Keeping desire enthralled by-
My own obsession with rage
The sweet taste of pain like a lover
Whose fingers are passion inflamed
Rule me amongst the desires
The spoils of war and their gain.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKJLMNMOPQR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 011010101 001001101 011010110 1111011 1011001010 11001011 101110110 101111 111010010 1101101 10011010 11011001 11111010 1111101 10010011 1101011 011111010 11011001 11010010 0111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 536 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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