Analysis of Disappear



Let me tell you
a little secret, my dear,
I can make myself
disappear
anytime I want to,
anytime I fear
you are getting
just too near.

Let me ask you
a question, my dear,
if I closed my
eyes, would you
disappear?
If I closed my
eyes,
if I got
too near?


Scheme abxBabxb abCaBCxxb
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 0101011 1111 01 10111 1011 1110 111 1111 01011 1111 111 01 1111 1 111 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 253
Words 60
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 9
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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