Analysis of First love



My hand throbbed against the doorknob

Pulsed, as if the morning frost outside

Whispered 'inside' like a ghost -- 'Schh'

I took one toe over the mat and slipped

The heavy door aback to a distant murmur:

'Don't do that,'

But then I saw the early azure sky.

My distracted eye jumped from cloud to cloud

Settled on the sun for a moment and it

Burnt. 'Look at me!' -- Oh the beauty!

Pavement glitter shone like a guide towards

The designated maple tree; it's frozen folds

It's tangled arms a home for cackle birds -- Peck

'Squawk,' hastened my mind to walk onto a

Tingly thought: the air untouched this dawn

-- A virgin breath -- Licked my lips as though

I had this second for my own, but then the wind

A wet whistle; a damp inhale of my insides

Swept my hair -- Began to rise:

I quivered, shivered; fell into rest, in nowhere

Other than my pulse upon this natures breast

This peeking flesh and nothing more

And nothing less.

And so I slammed the door with heart forlorn.

I could hear her songs. I could feel her breeze

But I loved her,

I loved her free.


Scheme X X X X A X X X X B X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X A B
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 111010111 10011011 1111100101 010101101010 111 1111010101 1010111111 10101101001 11111010 1010110101 01001011101 11010111011 1101111100 11010111 010111111 111101111101 011001011101 1110111 1110101101 10111011101 11010101 0101 0111011101 1110111101 1110 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,033
Words 205
Sentences 8
Stanzas 27
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted on July 08, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Daniel Acorn

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