Analysis of a part of the whole



mirrored surface..quicksilver light
burnished bodies.. barefoot in the surf..walk west

silent..each waist encircled..they pull each other closer.. lost in the vastness of it all


Scheme XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 101010011 11111101010010111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 175
Words 28
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 1
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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