Analysis of One More Sip
The ice rattles weakly,
Nearly melted,
My drink about gone.
It began well-mixed,
Then thinned,
Our now-insipid romance.
I could make another,
But, this one still kicks:
Like over-diluted watercolors.
Oh, God! I loved to hear her sing.
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 011010 1010 11011 10111 11 101101 111010 11111 110010100 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 225 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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