Analysis of Inching
Moments like this flicker
Like a candle at the seashore.
We did not know how long it would last.
There they were: embraced,
Moving side to side
On the embankment
That overlooks the interstate.
The long grass tickled my mother's knees;
My father's cheek grew red.
They spoke in whispers
That the sweeping clouds enveloped
And stole away from us.
Their quiet moment:
Disturbed only by the
Gaze of two small daughters
As we got closer.
We were inching,
Climbing higher up the hill
To get a better look.
Scheme | AXX XXBX XX CXX BXCA XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110 1010101 111111111 11001 10111 10010 110001 011101101 110111 11010 10101010 010111 11010 011010 111110 11110 1010 1010101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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