Analysis of Plum
You fit neatly in my hand
Like a little moon.
If I plant you, will there grow a moon
Tree to pluck moon-colored plums from,
Plum colored moons?
Plum, purple, violet
(Color of kings, of emperors
Of summer days fading into autumn, the end of summer),
I like to roll the sound of your name in my mouth
As if it were sweet plum water between my lips.
Your skin is smooth, dark, opaque,
But flesh: soft, bright, luminescent.
When I hold your exposed body to the sun,
I see all of your veins.
You glow like light through a leaf.
Your smooth, slick skin under my teeth,
With a little pressure, breaks,
Giving way to fresh, sweet
Flesh sliding coolly down my throat,
Falling into me.
Scheme | XAAXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 1110011 10101 111111101 11111011 1101 110100 10111100 110110011001110 111101111011 111011100111 1111101 1111010 11110110101 111111 1111101 11111011 1010101 101111 11010111 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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