Analysis of Welcome
Julie Marie Hoey 1961 (Massachusetts)
your parted lips brush my flesh
each breath crescendos
announcing intention
inviting me
to invite you
in
| Scheme | X XX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 111 010010 0101 1011 0 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Written on December 10, 1011
Submitted by juliemariehoey on December 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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