Analysis of The Heart's Request
oh, love that
only answers
to the heart's request
out of the wind
comes the ashes of the night
your sweet beauty
shall rise tonight
above all the light
your restless spirit and
your spiritual eyes
as
i
welcome
the beauty of your smile
upon the heart's request
| Scheme | ABCDEFEEGHIJKLC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (67%) |
| Metre | 111 1010 10101 1101 1010101 1110 1101 01101 110100 110001 1 1 10 010111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Written on September 06, 2021
Submitted by gregory_g on September 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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