Analysis of Amabilis
That February at school,
She heard her Lover’s voice,
Dreams darkened with His call
She sold her books and
Sent her cat home
To her sister
The convent door slammed shut
As she faced the other women
The rustle of His brides
The whisper of their shoes
Like prayers, or the
Wind outside her window
The laundry room her chapel
The wetness and the heat
As she did the work to
Earn His glance
His shroud mixed in
With sheets
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011 110101 110111 11010 1011 1010 010111 11101010 010111 010111 1110 111010 0101010 010001 111011 111 1110 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 406 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
This poem is about a young art student who thought she heard a divine call to service as a nun.
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