Analysis of Warmth
I used to keep them all warm, on little hot plates
Scattered around my apartment
Most, barley simmering
But you, you erupted into a fire
Wild and unpredictable
You never, ever went out…
Raged, at times
My home is burned
My heart is scorched
And my sweet, constant, enternal flame
| Scheme | X X X X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 111111111011 10011010 110100 1111001010 100100 1101011 111 1111 1111 0111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
About this poem
This poem is about love and the ones that fuel the fire, and give off the most heat
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