Analysis of Cigarettes and Perfume
I look through the space between my arms
So that I can see her
But she can’t see me
She continues…
“I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s,”
Incomplete
I widen the space and study her
Her eyes crinkle
The skin folds
Black birds,
Return
| Scheme | ABCDEFBGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010111 111110 11111 1010 111111101 001 110010100 011 011 11 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Written on October 27, 2023
Submitted by Freitasisabella2006 on October 28, 2023
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