Analysis of Off a forked tongue
Jennifer McKnight 1987 (United States)
Off of a forked tongue rolls ice and Fire
Lie about the truth
Leave so much to be desired
Proclaim your purity
Confess not a thing
Pen your detailed Fables
Remove your golden ring
Lock her heart in a box
then set it Aflame
Replace it with another
then quickly do the same
Crossed fingers behind the back
justify betrayals and wrongs
Fail to harmonize with her
but with others sing The Song of Songs
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGHAHIJAJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1101111010 10101 11111010 011100 01101 110110 011101 101001 11101 111010 110101 1100101 1001001 111010 111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 324 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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