Analysis of The Union
Shards of tears
engrave memories
like a tattered glass
recalling years scarred by desire.
she went mountain climbing
too high, gasped, got
wedged like a pinched rose
then hoisted by a fish hook in the jaw.
he did 60 pills in 60 days
still uncured, he grabbed a feather
tickled a powder keg
and exploded.
this marriage was a crown of thorns.
| Scheme | XXXA XXXX XAXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 01100 10101 010111010 111010 1111 11011 1101011001 11101 1111010 100101 0010 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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