Analysis of Wistful

Sherry Lyn Bradley

Oh sweet strong knight
beckoning
all the whispers smooth
against my tattered soul
To my delight
revealing
senses so much more
beneath the hidden show
My being melts
exposing
the weakness set free
to be removed by hope

Scheme ABCDABEFGBHI
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 100 10101 011101 1101 010 10111 010101 1101 010 01011 110111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 206
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 180
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted by shynner on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 06, 2023

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