Analysis of PUPUSAS FOR A SPY

Jesus Betancourt 1955 (New York)



While on assignment in San Salvador
My contact cooked up her country's favorite dish
It became a food, I would ask for more
For my last meal on earth, this is one I'd wish


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 110100110 11110101001 1010111111 11111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 172
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

For all the spies, I've loved before.

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Written on December 08, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on December 09, 2021

Modified on April 06, 2023

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