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.
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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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