Analysis of Fingertips
I'll whisper my secrets
to the stars and pray
you are far, far away,
because my darkest
desires, and
wildest dreams
were not meant for you,
my dear.
They were meant for the
boy with the tree at his
spine and
all of my fantasies
on his
fingertips.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIDJIK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 10101 111101 01110 0100 101 01111 11 10110 110111 10 111100 11 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Written on 2017
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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