Analysis of Appetite For Love
JOHN ALLEN SKINNER 1971 (Fort Worth)
Im a fish who fell in love with a lion
I live in water, she lives on land
She breaths the pure air of zion
I need h20 for I have no hands
I sit by the bank,
And wait for her to come take a drink
And when she vanishes into the jungle
Shes all I think.
She is the ruler of her kingdom
And I am the best in mine maybe evalution
Will bring us togethier over time
For her love I almost died
I jumped out of the water
Just to catch her eye.
While out of the water I blew her a kiss,
Hoping she could fall in love with a fish
I began to lose my breath
So I plunged back in, and before I knew it
I could see her hands I knew she would like me just the way I was
I finally became part of her because I got ate up by love.
| Scheme | ABACDEFEGAHIJKLMNOPQ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 10111011010 110101111 11011110 11111111 11101 011011101 01110001010 1111 110101010 0110101101 1111101 101111 1111010 11101 11101011001 1011101101 1011111 11110001111 1110111111110111 11000111001111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 693 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 545 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 161 |
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Submitted on April 11, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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