Analysis of Summer Storms



we sat in the heat and
watched the stars unhinge, then fall
like confetti,
as if heaven wasn't good enough.
we kept bottles in our hands
as if helping us un-learn all the
thing we had no choice in learning.
our new red skin felt like sun
that wouldn't let go and maybe
because of night, and the smile
of vices, and so much above us,
it was simple to laugh at the pain
of ended love, could forget finally
we were controlled by attractions
we would never understand.
girls were our movie stars with
the slowness of their look,
make-up shamed mouths and how often
we would say that each one
was the last to hurt us.


Scheme ABCDEFGHCIJKCLMNOHHJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 110010 1010111 1010 111010101 11100101 111011110 11111010 10111111 11011010 0111001 110011011 111011101 1101101100 10011010 111001 10101011 010111 11110110 111111 101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 593
Words 118
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 480
Words per stanza (avg) 118
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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