Analysis of Wounded



Leave me your bruised lips
that I might join them with my own
lend me your battered hands
so that i might hold them softly by their finger tips
 if all else falters and strands us both together

We one of a kind, bird of a feather
bequeath to me your weary heart
so  that I might revive it to mine own beat
bind your tired limbs to me
so that I might fold
 them to my will
let me find your feet with a tender kiss
and strand us both together

Permit me to surrender  unto you
drink your fill
I will tell you of all I have seen
of lies and eyes of emerald green
that may strand us both forever


Scheme AXXAB BXXXXCXB XCDDB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 11111111 111101 1111111011101 111100111010 1110111010 01111101 11110111111 1110111 11111 1111 1111110101 0111010 0111010101 111 111111111 11011101 11111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 594
Words 127
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 8, 5
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Written on December 10, 2021

Submitted by FoxWarren on December 17, 2021

Modified on March 08, 2023

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