Analysis of Wait for You
you said it will only be a few days . . .
I counted the fingers on my left
then my right hand
then once again, and once again
Spring bloomed all around me
like the flowers on the caressing sheets
that comforted me each night
Summer burned with the moist air of sleepless
visions long and countless, hot and restless
Fall ripened our bed with blankets
like the growing red peas beneath the Ormosia
round, solid, and delicious.
the Chinese called them "love peas"
for thousands of years.
Winter whispered purity
beneath the blankets of snow and promises
Tonight, as I climbed into bed
alone
I left the light on for you
again.
Scheme | X XXA BXX CC XXCXX BX XXXA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1111101011 110010111 1111 11010101 111011 1010100101 1100111 1011011110 1010101010 110101110 1010110101 1100010 0011111 11011 1010100 01010110100 01111011 01 1101111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 2, 5, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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