Analysis of Lenore
I have tasted the sweet fruit
And want to consume you
To the core. Bite deep
Until the flesh is raw.
But the raven spoke
“Nevermore”
I have hugged you
For the last time
Upon that seashore.
Left you there
‘Me amour’
Still the raven cried
“Nevermore”
As the year went by, one day
I heard a gentle tapping
An eager rapping
At my door.
There were your raven lips
Reaching up on toe tips
Mine forever more.
Scheme | xaxbxC axcxbxC xddceec |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1110011 011011 10111 010111 10101 10 1111 1011 0111 111 11 10101 10 1011111 1101010 11010 111 101101 101111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I have long enjoyed Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' and the musical interpretation by Allan Parsons. This poem was born from the possibility of a relationship.
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