Analysis of The Hunt



Your eyes
Penetrate mine and
Express hunger for a returning glance.

The guitar sings of love,
Your eyes, of lust.
You move in and
Your cadence is mimicked by the music's rhythm.

The Depth of your eyes
Leaves my face never alone-
Intense, intent.

You descend and
I am helpless; brought to my knees
By your eyes.

A curl of sun-kissed hair falls to my cheek-
It breaks our stare.

You are at my side.

A rough hand gently returns
All
To its rightful place.

I turn to leave,
Coy.

I'm pulled into a dance.
Taken by the music, your eyes.

I dance.
I dance.
I dance.
I dance, then

And
Our faces nearly touch.
My heart sputters, spasms; begs for release.
A firmer hold you take for only a moment,
Then your prey is free.

You turn to leave;
Your role is passed to me.


Scheme abc xxbx axx bxa xx x xxx dx ca CCCx bxxxe de
Poetic Form
Metre 11 1010 0110100101 001111 1111 1100 110110101010 01111 1111001 0101 1010 11101111 111 0111111111 11101 11111 0111001 1 11101 1111 1 110101 10101011 11 11 11 111 0 1010101 1110101101 010111110010 11111 1111 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 730
Words 147
Sentences 19
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 4, 5, 2
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 17, 2023

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